Anxiety is not only an inevitable part of the writing process but a necessary part. If you’re not scared, you’re not writing.

- Ralph Keyes

Fear is felt by writers at every level. Anxiety accompanies the first word they put on paper and the last.

- Ralph Keyes

I think that simply nudging yourself into unfamiliar settings - physical or emotional - can produce surprising results on the writing front.

- Ralph Keyes

One thing I like about writing is that it provides such a wonderful opportunity for confidential chats with readers. In the privacy of writing, and r…

- Ralph Keyes

Be as creative in your tactics as you are in your writing. Find what gets your engine going, no matter how peculiar it may seem to others.

- Ralph Keyes

...wrote Lawrence Block. "Someone once told me that fear and courage are like lightning and thunder; they both start out at the same time, but the fe…

- Ralph Keyes

Serious writers write, inspired or not. Over time they discover that routine is a better friend than inspiration.

- Ralph Keyes

Writing can be wonderful therapy, and cheap at the price. At the very least, you eventually get bored by thinking about anxious topics and move on.

- Ralph Keyes

Willa Cather said that she write best when she stopped trying to write and began simply to remember.

- Ralph Keyes