Writers and Writing!

Or, bloggers and blogging?  While many of us don’t consider ourselves “writers” (and by this I mean we don’t consider writing our profession), we find ourselves writing all the time.  We write or compose everyday: reports, letters, emails, text messages, blogs, etc.  But what about those days when you lack inspiration or ideas?  Those days when you can’t seem to form a coherent sentence?  Does writer’s block strike us all at some point in time?  Or is it reserved strictly for those creative writiers who consider writing their profession?   I’m convinced that it hits us all at some point and I even found a quotation in support of this notion. 

“Every writer I know has trouble writing.” (Joseph Heller)

And, while we’re on the topic, here are some other humerous quotations (definitions) from my Cynic’s Dictionary on writers and writing.

Writer
“Someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” (Thomas Mann)
“Someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.” (Karl Kraus)
“Someone a little below a clown, and a little above a trained seal.” (John Steinbeck)
“A frustrated actor who recites his lines in the hidden auditorium of his skull.” (Rod Sterling)

Writing
“Busy idleness.” (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
“The hardest work in the world not involving heavy lifting.” (Pete Hamill)
“The only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money.” (Jules Renard)
“The process of starting at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.” (Gene Fowler)
“Not a profession, but a vocation of unhappiness.” (Georges Simenon)

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