Kat > Kat's Quotes

“I thought you were a keeper,
I wish I could
have kept you.”
― Lang Leav, Love & Misadventure

“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.”
― Madeleine L'Engle

“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.”
― Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums

“No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.”
― Robert Frost

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.”
― Ray Bradbury, Zen in the Art of Writing: Releasing the Creative Genius Within You

“Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.”
― E.L. Doctorow

“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.”
― Louis L'Amour

“I hate writing, I love having written.”
― Dorothy Parker

“A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.”
― Friedrich Nietzsche

“Perfectionism is the voice of the oppressor, the enemy of the people. It will keep you cramped and insane your whole life, and it is the main obstacle between you and a shitty first draft. I think perfectionism is based on the obsessive belief that if you run carefully enough, hitting each stepping-stone just right, you won't have to die. The truth is that you will die anyway and that a lot of people who aren't even looking at their feet are going to do a whole lot better than you, and have a lot more fun while they're doing it.”
― Anne Lamott, Bird by Bird

“Perhaps I write for no one. Perhaps for the same person children are writing for when they scrawl their names in the snow.”
― Margaret Atwood