“ Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing anything else.” ~Gloria Steinem

“ Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.” ~Orson Scott Card

“ I write to correct life’s unfairness.” ~Verandah Porche

“ A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.” ~Karl Kraus

“ Memory believes before knowing remembers.” ~William Faulkner

“ Easy reading is damn hard writing.” ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

“ Inch by inch, the words surprised me.” ~W. Kennedy

“ To me the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner music the words make.” ~Truman Capote, 1967

“ When I write, ideas w ander around in my mind looking for something to do.” ~S.E. Hinton

“ Every writer I know has trouble writing.” ~Joseph Heller

“ Time to a writer is like play dough in the hands of a toddler.” ~Barry Lane

“ A synonym is a word you use when you can’t spell the other one.” ~Baltasar Gracian

“ If there is a book you really want to read but you can’t find it, sit down and write it.” ~Toni Morrison

On writing…. “I try to leave out the parts that people skip.” ~Elmore Leonard

“ I’m not a very good writer, but I’m an excellent rewriter.” ~James Michener

“ Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” ~Anton Chekhov

“ Putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought making us think more deeply even if our writing is thrown away.” ~Norbet Platt

“ The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.” ~Mark Twain

“ When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.” ~Enrique Jardiel Poncela

“ You write to communicate what’s burning inside you. You edit to let the fire show through the smoke.” ~Author Unknown