"Writing is easy. You just open up a vein and bleed on the page."

"I hate writing. I love having written."

These are just two quotes that most writers know. There are a bunch of them. They seem to grow up around us like mushrooms. Every writer has a witty comment about writing. It must be a requirement for writing. You must write a book and you have to put out clever bon mots. If you can't be funny about writing, can you even be considered a writer.

This collection is the writer David Macpherson, brining up a score or more of quotes about writing and talking about it. He is one writer with his own opinion. This is his thoughts about writing that were sparked by these quotes.

Through the quotes, he goes through the joy you have writing. Listening to rules instead of advice. How to write and share you work. There are many issues for a writer that these quotes cover.

You can agree or hate what he says about writing. That's your choice. But really think it through. Be careful with what you agree or disagree with. This will help you define the kind of writer you are and want to be. This is just part of the conversation to get you to be the writer you know you are.

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