The aim of literature … is the creation of a strange object covered with fur which breaks your heart.
— Donald Barthelme, from The Writer’s Almanac (via moltenart)
If you’re going to be a writer, the first essential is just to write. Do not wait for an idea. Start writing something and the ideas will come. You have to turn the faucet on before the water starts to flow.
— Louis L’Amour (via therealkdgreen)
Writing a novel is like driving a car at night. You can see only as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.
— E.L. Doctorow (via danscribing)
