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March 2009 
Philosophy Bite #7 - Advice for Writers
Posted on Feb 15th, 2009
by 
Sora Ryu
Sora Ryu
The profession of book-writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.
A writer lives in awe of words for they can be cruel or kind and they can change their meanings right in front of you. They pick up flowers and odors like butter in a refrigerator.
- John Steinbeck
The worst enemy of creativity is self-doubt.
- Sylvia Plath
Anxiety is the handmaiden of creativity.
- T.S. Eliot
If the doctor had told me I had six minutes to live, I'd type faster.
- Issac Asimov
The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.
- Anais Nin
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
- Jack London
I'm only really alive when I'm writing.
- Tennesse Williams
The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.
- Mark Twain
One must be drenched in words, literally soaked in them to have the right ones to form themselves into the proper pattern at the right moment.
- Hart Crane
Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
- E. L. Doctorow
The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible.
- Vladamir Nobokov
- Ryu
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