I think that most writers who wait until they're inspired to write are just waiting for the fear to subside.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I think writers are very anxious.
A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.
A writer of fiction lives in fear. Each new day demands new ideas, and he can never be sure whether he is going to come up with them or not.
Writers, at least writers of fiction, are always full of anxiety and worry.
I have turned away from the thought of writing fiction in the past through what I suppose is, actually, fear. The direct, raw invitation for the reader to come in and explore my imagination is fairly scary for me so I have busied myself with so much else.
I don't believe in writer's block or waiting for inspiration. If you're a writer, you sit down and write.
If I waited till I felt like writing, I'd never write at all.
I think anybody alert to the inspiration to write has to be kind of sensitized to the unexpected.
I think I have grown impatient with just being a writer.
I think writers rush in where everybody is very frightened to tread.