Writing in Overdrive Quotes

“As Jane Austen once wrote in her diary, "I am not at all in a humor for writing; I must write on till I am." And Madeleine L'Engle observed, "Inspiration usually comes during work rather than before it.”
― Jim Denney, Writing in Overdrive: The Secrets to Writing Faster, Writing Freely, Writing Brilliantly

“If you are writing without zest, without gusto, without love, without fun, you are only half a writer.”
― Jim Denney, Writing in Overdrive: The Secrets to Writing Faster, Writing Freely, Writing Brilliantly

“Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one." ―Salman Rushdie”
― Jim Denney, Writing in Overdrive: The Secrets to Writing Faster, Writing Freely, Writing Brilliantly

“Being a writer is a peculiar sort of a job," Neil Gaiman once observed. "It's always you versus a blank sheet of paper — and quite often the paper wins.”
― Jim Denney, Writing in Overdrive: The Secrets to Writing Faster, Writing Freely, Writing Brilliantly