{"id":1138,"date":"2018-11-27T22:47:21","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T22:47:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.writingroutines.com\/?p=1138"},"modified":"2018-11-27T22:50:43","modified_gmt":"2018-11-27T22:50:43","slug":"writers-block-quotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.writingroutines.com\/writers-block-quotes\/","title":{"rendered":"37 Famous Author Quotes About Writer’s Block"},"content":{"rendered":"

Every writer’s been there, it\u2019s inevitable really: Staring down\u00a0at a blank page, struggling to string sentences together,\u00a0seemingly without a creative bone left in your body, and barely mustering the courage to keep going.<\/p>\n

Writer’s Block \u2014 the drying up of a writer’s wellspring of creative imagination. It has likely existed since the\u00a0dawn of writing, but the term itself was only coined in 1947 by\u00a0the famous psychiatrist Edmund Bergler. In 1950,\u00a0Bergler published a paper titled\u00a0Does Writer\u2019s Block Exist?<\/a><\/em>\u00a0A question still asked by anyone who consistently tries to put pen to paper. Below are 37 quotes on the matter from 37 famous writers.<\/p>\n

What do you think? Does writer’s block exist?<\/p>\n

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[1]\u00a0“When you face writer\u2019s block, just lower your standards and keep going.” \u2014 Sandra Tsing Loh<\/p>\n

[2] “Writer\u2019s block is a misnomer and can be compared with turning off a faucet. Like the ability to write, faucets can develop problems when they\u2019re seldom used. You get all this rust in the pipes. When you turn on the faucet, a lot of rust comes out.” \u2014 Susan Neville<\/p>\n

[3] “I tell my students there is such a thing as \u2018writer\u2019s block,\u2019 and they should respect it. It\u2019s blocked because it ought to be blocked, because you haven\u2019t got it right now.” \u2014 Toni Morrison<\/p>\n

[4] “Don\u2019t stop because you\u2019ve hit a block. Finish the page, even if you write nothing but your own name. The block will break if you don\u2019t give in to it. Remember, writing is a physical habit as well as whatever you want to think it is\u2014calling, avocation, talent, genius, art.” \u2014 Isabelle Holland<\/p>\n

[5] ” Writer\u2019s block is the biggest myth out there. The idea that you\u2019re just lost for any possible words isn\u2019t some vague illness that strikes people when they\u2019re trying to be creative. You\u2019re not missing the words; you\u2019re missing the\u00a0research<\/a>. All ideas are a combination of preexisting ideas. So if you\u2019re \u201cout\u201d of new ideas it\u2019s probably because you don\u2019t have enough old ideas to combine. Go back and read more. Or spend more time mapping out the book. Don\u2019t show up to the keyboard without a plan and then tell the world you have writer\u2019s block. You\u2019re lying to us, and to yourself.” \u2014 David Burkus<\/a><\/p>\n

[6] “There\u2019s no such thing as writer\u2019s block. As long as your fingers can move over the keyboard, eventually it\u2019ll segue into something.” \u2014 Mary Kay Andrews<\/p>\n

[7]\u00a0In my experience, novelists and others who complain of a mysterious disease called Writer\u2019s Block should be treated with suspicion. This inexplicable failure to write anything can be the result of two conditions\u2014 simple laziness or having nothing to say…One needs only to develop a certain power of concentration and have something to say.” \u2014 Auberon Waugh<\/p>\n

[8] “I\u2019m superstitious about writer\u2019s block to the extent I don\u2019t particularly feel like devoting a great deal of time to dwelling on it.\u00a0 It seems like getting stuck in a desert, a nightmare. But there are definitely times when the inspiration flows more freely than not. It seems to me that writing is a muscle: it gets stronger the more you use it.\u00a0 If you let yourself fall out of the habit, it can be hard to get back in form. Writing a regular column keeps you limber and sharp and guarantees that any fear of writer\u2019s block is kept at bay.” \u2014 John Avlon<\/a><\/p>\n

[9] “When I have writer\u2019s block it is because I have not done enough research or I have not thought hard enough about the subject about which I\u2019m writing. That\u2019s a signal for me to go back to the archives or to go back into my thoughts and think through what it is I am supposed to be doing.” \u2014\u00a0Annette Gordon-Reed<\/a><\/p>\n

[10] “One of the pieces I\u2019m deeply proud to have written started with a paragraph that read: \u201cThis story needed an ending before it could find its first sentence. So please forgive me for delivering it ten years overdue.\u201d That ten years was a war with writer\u2019s block.” \u2014 Cal Fussman<\/a><\/p>\n

[11] “Do you ever go into the bathroom and sit on the toilet when you don’t need to take a shit? Do you ever just sit there completely empty and sit there and push? No, you don’t. You go eat something and then you live your life and what happens, happens. It’s the same thing with writing. If I don’t have an idea that I’m not absolutely terrified of losing, then I don’t bother to write.” \u2014 Chuck Palahniuk<\/p>\n

[12]\u00a0\u201cYou can\u2019t think yourself out of a writing block; you have to write yourself out of a thinking block.\u201d \u2014 John Rogers<\/p>\n

[13]\u00a0\u201cWriter\u2019s block is a phony, made up BS excuse for not doing your work.\u201d \u2014 Jerry Seinfeld<\/p>\n

[14] “I write like I talk and I don\u2019t get talker\u2019s block.” \u2014 Seth Godin<\/p>\n

[15]\u00a0“William Stafford, one of our great poets, said that the best thing to do about writer\u2019s block is to lower your standard, and it\u2019s the best advice to give someone who\u2019s stalled.” \u2014 Ted Kooser<\/a><\/p>\n

[16] “‘Writer’s block’ is an emotional or logical incoherence in a future work slowly working its way through our unconscious.” \u2014Alain de Botton<\/p>\n

[17] “I’ve always said “Writer’s Block” is a myth. There is no such thing as writer’s block, only writers trying to force something that isn’t ready yet. Sometimes I don’t write for weeks. And then all of the sudden I’ll get a rush of inspiration and you can’t drag me away from my notebook. But I don’t stress out if I don’t hit some arbitrary word count each day or if I go a few days without writing something.”\u00a0\u2014 Julie Ann Dawson<\/p>\n

[18] “I haven\u2019t had writer\u2019s block. I think it\u2019s because my process involves writing very badly.” \u2014\u00a0Jennifer Egan<\/span><\/p>\n

[19] “Writer’s block is almost like the equivalent of impotence. It’s performance pressure you put on yourself that keeps you from doing something you naturally should be able to do…The reason you don’t get writer’s block as a writer is because you have a deadline. It has to be in. You have no choice. But, if you sit there, and you think, \u201cThis piece has to be the ultimate article, the ultimate book ever written; my entire selfish being is wrapped up in this; and, this is me.\u201d \u2013 The bigger of a story you make up about what you are doing, the bigger the block will get. It has nothing to do with the talent of writing or the skill of writing. It’s completely performance anxiety.” \u2014 Neil Strauss<\/p>\n

[20] \u201cI don\u2019t believe in \u201cwriter\u2019s block\u201d. I try and deal with getting stuck by having more than one thing to work on at a time. And by knowing that even a hundred bad words that didn\u2019t exist before is forward progress.\u201d \u2014 Neil Gaiman<\/p>\n

[21]\u00a0\u201cWriter\u2019s block is only a failure of the ego.\u201d \u2014 Norman Mailer<\/p>\n

[22]\u00a0\u201cI deal with writer\u2019s block by lowering my expectations. I think the trouble starts when you sit down to write and imagine that you will achieve something magical and magnificent \u2014 and when you don\u2019t, panic sets in. The solution is never to sit down and imagine that you will achieve something magical and magnificent. I write a little bit, almost every day, and if it results in two or three or (on a good day) four good paragraphs, I consider myself a lucky man. Never try to be the hare. All hail the tortoise.\u201d\u00a0\u2014 Malcolm Gladwell<\/p>\n

[23] “Give yourself permission to write a bad book.\u00a0Writer\u2019s block is another name for writer\u2019s dread\u2014the paralyzing fear that our work won\u2019t measure up. It doesn\u2019t matter how many books I\u2019ve published, starting the next one always feels as daunting as the first. A day comes when I just have to make a deal with myself: write something anyway, even if it\u2019s awful. Nobody has to know. Maybe it never leaves this room! Just\u00a0go.” \u2014 Barabara Kingsolver<\/p>\n

[24]\u00a0\u201cAll writing problems are psychological problems. Blocks usually stem from the fear of being judged. If you imagine the world listening, you’ll never write a line. That’s why privacy is so important. You should write first drafts as if they will never be shown to anyone.\u201d \u2014\u00a0Erica Jong<\/span><\/p>\n

[25] “All writing is difficult. The most you can hope for is a day when it goes reasonably easily. Plumbers don\u2019t get plumber\u2019s block, and doctors don\u2019t get doctor\u2019s block; why should writers be the only profession that gives a special name to the difficulty of working, and then expects sympathy for it?” \u2014\u00a0Philip Pullman<\/p>\n

[26] “If you\u2019ve got writer\u2019s block,\u00a0enjoy the silence while it lasts. In another day, week, or month, you\u2019ll be so filled with things to say you\u2019ll be sneaking out of bed again. Who knows why the brain is into different things at different times.\u00a0But we\u2019re so much more effective when we follow what our body wants to do, rather than trying to fight it.” \u2014 Derek Sivers<\/p>\n

[27] \u201cWriter’s block is just a symptom of feeling like you have nothing to say, combined with the rather weird idea that you should feel the need to say something. Why? If you have something to say, then say it. If not, enjoy the silence while it lasts. The noise will return soon enough.\u201d\u00a0\u2014\u00a0Hugh MacLeod<\/span><\/p>\n

[28]\u00a0\u201cI think writer\u2019s block is a bad name for a number of real problems facing writers, most notably of which is fear. Typically when I feel blocked, I\u2019m really afraid…What do I do when I feel blocked? I write through the block…I push through the discomfort, so that I can keep going. Momentum is a writer\u2019s friend.\u201d \u2014 Jeff Goins<\/a><\/p>\n

[29] “I don’t believe in writers’ block. Do doctors have ‘doctors block?’ Do plumbers have ‘plumbers’ block?” No. We all have days when we don’t feel like working, but why do writers turn that into something so damn special by giving it a faintly romantic name.\u201d \u2014\u00a0Larry Kahaner<\/p>\n

[30] “Basically, the most raw, deep truth is shut up and write. There’s no such thing as a writer’s block. If you’re having trouble writing, well, pick up the pen and write. No matter what, keep that hand moving. Writing is really a physical activity.” \u2014 Natalie Goldberg<\/p>\n

[31] “I don\u2019t believe in writer\u2019s block. Think about it \u2014 when you were blocked in college and had to write a paper, didn\u2019t it always manage to fix itself the night before the paper was due? Writer\u2019s block is having too much time on your hands.” \u2014 Jodi Picoult<\/p>\n

[32] “Beat it into submission. That\u2019s the only way. How would you get rid of runner\u2019s block? You go for a fucking run.” \u2014 Ryan Holiday<\/a><\/p>\n

[33] “Resistance never sleeps. It never slackens and it never goes away. The dragon must be slain anew every morning. However, as with anything in life, if you\u2019ve succeeded in the past, at least you know that you\u00a0can\u00a0<\/i>succeed.” \u2014 Steven Pressfield<\/a><\/p>\n

[34] “Writer\u2019s block is just another name for anxiety. People always have something else to say. It\u2019s not like you ever run out of ideas. There\u2019s just a filter in our brains where we decide what is \u201cworthy\u201d of being put down on paper, and when that filter gets too strong (due to high expectations or fear of being judged or whatever), few ideas will get through it. This happens to me at times and I just have to remind myself to chill out (or \u201cnot give a fuck\u201d as it were), get over myself (or my ego) and trust the process to take care of everything.” \u2014 Mark Manson<\/a><\/p>\n

[35] “I never get writer\u2019s block, because I always have a good dozen projects that I\u2019m working on, so if something isn\u2019t working I\u2019ll just switch gears.” \u2014 James Patterson<\/p>\n

[36] “Writing about a writer\u2019s block is better than not writing at all.” \u2014 Charles Bukowski<\/p>\n

[37] “I don\u2019t think \u201cwriter\u2019s block\u201d actually exists. It\u2019s basically insecurity \u2014 it\u2019s your own internal critic turned up to a higher level than it\u2019s supposed to be at that moment, because when you\u2019re starting a work \u2014 when the page is blank, when the canvas is open \u2014 your critic has to be turned down to zero\u2026 The point is actually to get stuff on paper, just to allow yourself to kind of flow. It is only by writing that you\u2019ll discover characters, ideas, things like this.” \u2014\u00a0Philipp Meyer<\/p>\n

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