Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.

Planning to write is not writing. Outlining, researching, talking to people about what you're doing, none of that is writing. Writing is writing.

Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

I get intrigued by a first lin and I write to find out why it means something to me. You make discoveries just the way the reader does, so you're simultaneously the writer and the reader.

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.