Pat Schneider
To grow in craft is to increase the bredth of what I can do, but art is the depth, the passion, the desire, the courage to be myself and myself alone.Collection: Art
Whether your purpose for writing is artistic expression, communication with friends and family, the healing of the inner life, or achieving public recognition for your art - the foundation is the same: the claiming of yourself as an artist/writer and the strengthening of your writing voice through practice, study, and helpful response from other writers.Collection: Art
When we neglect the artist in ourselves, there is a kind of mourning that goes on under the surface of our busy lives.Collection: Creativity
Writing as an art form belongs to all people, regardless of economic class or educational level. . . . A writer is someone who writes.Collection: Art
If I tell you my character has grey hair, you will not see her. If I tell you she has a tiny scar at the upper left corner of her lip from which protrudes one grey whisker—you will make up the rest of her face with absolute clarity. If I tell you my character is waiting in a car, you won’t be ‘caught,’ but if I tell you he pushes his fingers down in the crack of the car seat where the ancient leather has pulled away from the seat frame, and pulls up a small coin purse with a faded note in it—you will be mine.Collection: Character
A writer is someone who writes!Collection: Writing
Even those truths that are painful will ultimately increase my wisdom, undergird my strength, make possible my art.Collection: Inspirational
And what is more generous than a window?Collection: Window