Writing Quotes

I write many essays on whales. I love whales, especially orcas. And dolphins.

No black woman writer in this culture can write “too much”. Indeed, no woman writer can write “too much”. No woman has ever written enough.

Written kisses don’t reach their destination, rather they are drunk on the way by the ghosts.

I’m a writer, and I will write what I want to write.

Sometimes I write quickly, sometimes I spend several weeks on a single poem. I would really love for readers not to be able to guess which of the poems took so much work!

I think when you’re writing songs, it’s impossible to not draw on personal experiences, whether it be traveling or girls, or anything.

Everything that God put in your heart, will come to pass. Write your vision and make it clear for all to see!

Start Shaky. Start unsure. Start scared. You are writing a brave beginning to this chapter.

Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious.

It is far better to be silent than merely to increase the quantity of bad books.