ThePhoenixInTheFire

“Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up.” ― Jane Yolen

“You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what’s burning inside you, and we edit to let the fire show through the smoke.”
          
          - Arthur Plotnik

"Write as if no one will ever read your story, as it is the only way you ever will be free."

Someday you’re going to be someone’s favorite author– Flash Fiction

“Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret of style.” — Matthew Arnold

"Writing is a job, a talent, but it’s also the place to go in your head. It is the imaginary friend you drink your tea with in the afternoon."  -Ann Patchett

“The shorter and the plainer the better.” — Beatrix Potter

“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” ― Anais Nin

“The greatest part of a writer’s time is spent in reading, in order to write. A man will turn over half a library to make one book.” — Samuel Johnson

“Write drunk, edit sober.” — Ernest Hemingway