“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 wander 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