Quotation of the Week for Writers: Ann Patchett
“Ask me if writing can be taught, and I say yes. But I can’t teach you how to have something to say.”
–Ann Patchett
Source: @Quotes4Writers
“Ask me if writing can be taught, and I say yes. But I can’t teach you how to have something to say.”
–Ann Patchett
Source: @Quotes4Writers
“Novels begin not on the page, but in meditation and day-dreaming, in thinking not writing.”
–Joyce Carol Oates
Source: @TatianadeRosnay
(I find this particular quotation reassuring at the moment. How about you?)
This post should really be titled “Quotations of the Week,” because I’m sending you to an item on WritersDigest.comthat features a number of thought-provoking quotations from author Andre Dubus III.
Here is the quotation that’s probably my favorite:
“Even a day writing badly for me is 10 times better than a day where I don’t write at all.”
See which one(s) resonate with you.
“All writers are full-time readers. That’s our job description. When we have some free time, we write.”
–Gerald Stern
Quoted by Michael Steinberg, in a worthy post, “Reading Like a Writer,” on Steinberg’s new blog.