25 Quotes For When Writing is a Bastard
Take two and try again in the morning.
Sometimes, it feels like you’re picking every word you put down on paper out of your brain with a toothpick.
A dirty toothpick you found on the floor in the bathroom at Denny’s at three in the morning after a night of dubious choices and too much sangria.
Sometimes writing is just that much of a bastard. When that happens, you need some motivation. Print these out for use in case of emergency. When shit gets real, read one or two (as needed.) Eat something. Hydrate. Take a walk. Have a life for a little while.
And then get back to word picking.
One.
“Who wants to become a writer? And why? Because it’s the answer to everything. … It’s the streaming reason for living. To note, to pin down, to build up, to create, to be astonished at nothing, to cherish the oddities, to let nothing go down the drain, to make something, to make a great flower out of life, even if it’s a cactus.”
— Enid Bagnold
Two.
“Cheat your landlord if you can and must, but do not try to shortchange the Muse. It cannot be done. You can’t fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.”
— William S. Burroughs
