“You will either write or you will not—and the only way to find out whether you will or not is to try.”

– Jim Tully

“If your fidelity to perfectionism is too high, you never do anything.”

– David Foster Wallace

“If it’s only about passion, sometimes you’ll be good and sometimes you won’t. You’ve got to come in every day with a strong desire.”

– Thomas Keller

HT to Shaula Evans for the quote

“People may or may not say what they mean… but they always say something designed to get what they want.”

– David Mamet

Via @AdelScreenWri

“Writing is the only thing that when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else.”

– Gloria Steinem

“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.”

– Pablo Picasso

HT to @screenwritten for the quote

“A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any one of which, at times can supply the lack of the others.”

– William Faulkner

“No matter what you write, good or bad, it’s an improvement to a blank page.”

– Chris Sparling (@chrissparling)

“It’s amazing to me that Hollywood persists in writing these two-dimensional female characters who don’t really exist. No wonder it’s hard for actresses to find parts that are meaty enough to connect with. It’s important to me to create fully formed characters who don’t feel just like good guys, villains, creeps or sluts. I want it to feel real. I want my male friends to feel just as much of a connection to my work as my female friends do.”

– Lena Dunham

“I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.”

– Harper Lee