{"quotes":[{"text":"Artists shouldn't wait until they are told what their art should be, they shouldn't follow trends or allow other people to influence their work, an artist should only create from the strongest emotions within their heart.","author":"Andrew James Pritchard","tags":["being-a-writer","creativity","emotions","freedom-of-expression","trends","writing"],"id":3474,"author_id":"Andrew+James+Pritchard"},{"text":"The out-dated imagery of sitting over a dusty typewriter staring at blank pages for years is a fallacy and probably designed to keep you from living up to your fullest potential.","author":"Kytka Hilmar-Jezek","tags":["hip","being-a-writer","book-power","kytka","potential","writers"],"id":21325,"author_id":"Kytka+Hilmar-Jezek"},{"text":"When a person sets out to learn from others and not to teach others he becomes a true writer.","author":"Carla H. Krueger","tags":["being-a-writer","carla-","carla-h-krueger","krueger-","learning-from-mistakes","teaching","writing-advice","writing-life","writing-philosophy","writing-process","writing-tips"],"id":121206,"author_id":"Carla+H.+Krueger"},{"text":"There are times when I can't believe how much ridiculous stuff happens to me and how brilliant it is to be in a position to write about it.","author":"Carla H. Krueger","tags":["being-a-writer","inspiration-to-write","observations-on-life","writing-life"],"id":205699,"author_id":"Carla+H.+Krueger"},{"text":"And this is what being an artist means, being a poet? To sacrifice yourself for your art, sacrifice your heart for your art, because it’s only through something broken that something beautiful can grow.","author":"Charlotte Eriksson","tags":["art","artist","beauty","being-a-poet","being-a-writer","broken","charlotte-eriksson","creating","empty-roads-broken-bottles","growing-up","inspiration","motivation","on-writing","poet","poetry","sacrifice","strength","the-glass-child","the-great-perhaps","writer","writing","young"],"id":208118,"author_id":"Charlotte+Eriksson"},{"text":"If I don't stay in and write, I feel like a prisoner.","author":"Carla H. Krueger","tags":["being-a-writer","for-writers","passion","writing-life","writing-tips"],"id":282258,"author_id":"Carla+H.+Krueger"},{"text":"Sometimes I don't even know why I'm writing what I'm writing...I'm just following these people around and taking notes.","author":"P. Anastasia","tags":["being-a-writer","blogs","humor","novelist","writer","writing"],"id":365059,"author_id":"P.+Anastasia"},{"text":"A writer illuminates the lights of her heart so that everyone can see themselves in the mirror of her thoughts.","author":"Debasish Mridha","tags":["a-writer-illuminates","being-a-writer","debasish-mridha","debasish-mridha-md","inspirational","lights-of-her-heart","mirror-of-thoughts","philosophy","quotes"],"id":386550,"author_id":"Debasish+Mridha"},{"text":"She swallowed the ridicule \u0026 washed it down with criticism, It was far sweeter than the taste of obscurity.","author":"C.E. O'Grady","tags":["being-a-writer","criticism","facing-critics","growing","obscurity"],"id":411985,"author_id":"C.E.+O%27Grady"},{"text":"Being a writer means you get to live vicariously through your characters.","author":"Lisa Marbly-Warir","tags":["being-a-writer","of-the-day","women-writers"],"id":413657,"author_id":"Lisa+Marbly-Warir"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":12,"pages":2,"next":"?page=2\u0026page_size=10"}}