Edwidge Danticat Quotes

Writing is an undertaking for the modest.

Writing is the starting point from which all goodness (and crappiness) flows.

That thing you had to force yourself to do-the actual act of writing-turns out to be the best part.

Writing is one of the ways I participate in transformation.

The discipline of creation, be it to paint, compose, write, is an effort towards wholeness.

Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.

Words, yes, formulating things, creating something from your heart, it is something very necessary, yes.

That's point of writing: building what you need, right?

When you're writing fiction or poetry... it really comes down to this: indifference to everything except what you're doing... A young writer could do worse than follow the advice given in those lines.

It all has to do with art - writing, painting, things I've done for a long time but just never had enough time to pursue. I have poetry - things that are designed for songs, but they're always poems first.

As writers, it is our job not only to imagine, but to witness.

One thing I always did in my career was writing. I always was writing. I was trying to create things. For myself, for other people.

The hardest thing to teach young writers is that it's wonderful to tell your truth. And that's what you should do. But it damn well better be beautiful.

I love writing. I've pursued it with a passion.

To be a writer is to connect and to play and to attempt to see clearly and understand. It astounds me regularly that feeling things deeply and writing them down is basically my job description.

Creatively, it's great, because when you write your own movies, you get to create whatever you want.

I'm addicted to creating and writing.

I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I must admit, I have fallen into the joy of writing them.

To write, you need to find what you love.

I wanted to be a writer first, and I struck out in the world to be a writer first, and then found stand-up as a more creative outlet, as a 3D way to be creative.

I love to write.

It was kind of enlightening to become a playwright.

Writing is what I do. It's what makes me tick.

The writer's secret is not inspiration - for it is never clear where it comes from - it is his stubbornness, his patience.

What my character is or how many jails I have lounged in, or wards or walls or wassails, how many lonely-heart poetry readings I have dodged, is beside the point. A man's soul or lack of it will be evident with what he can carve upon a white sheet of paper.