The Wright brothers flew through the smoke screen of impossibility. Dorothea Brande brotherflyimpossibility Change image and share on social
The wrists, the Achilles' tendons, and the neck are some of the weakest points of the human body, so a lot of people have phobias about those things. I can't deal with the undersides of wrists. Kristin Gore achillebodydeal Change image and share on social
The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live. Flannery O'Connor chooselivemake Change image and share on social
The writer cannot abandon himself simply to inspiration, and feign innocence vis a vis language, because language is never innocent. Juan Goytisolo abandonfeigninnocence Change image and share on social
The writer catches the changes of his mind on the hop. Growth is exciting; growth is dynamic and alarming. Growth of the soul, growth of the mind. Vita Sackville-West alarmcatchdynamic Change image and share on social
The writer crafts their ideal world. In my world, everyone has really long conversations or just picks apart pop culture to death and everyone talks in monologue. Kevin Smith conversationcraftculture Change image and share on social
The writer creates the role on the page and then the actor takes it and makes it their own. Joanna Kerns actorcreatemake Change image and share on social
The writer has to force himself to work. He has to make his own hours and if he doesn't go to his desk at all there is nobody to scold him. Roald Dahl deskforcehour Change image and share on social
The writer has two kinds of faith: actual writing and sitting openly. Have faith in your personal effort or sweat. And faith in God, or whatever you want to call it. Then the voices will come. Faith is the big deal. Suzan-Lori Parks actualbigcall share on social
The writer I feel the most affinity with - you said you felt my books are 19th century novels, I think they're 18th century novels - is Fielding, Henry Fielding, he's the guy who does it for me. Jonathan Coe 18th19thaffinity Change image and share on social
