evidence: All you need is the germ of an idea to start creating a story. [...] Writer’s Block Quotes from Bestselling Authors "Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration; the rest of us get up and go to work." — Stephen King "My cure for writer’s block? The necessity of earning a living." — James Ellroy "Writer’s block is just another name for fear." — Jacob Nordby "I don’t believe in writer’s block. Just pick up a pen and physically write." — Natalie Goldberg "If I waited till I felt like writing, I’d never write at all." — Anne Tyler "If you tell yourself you are going to be at your desk tomorrow, you are by that declaration asking your unconscious to prepare the material. ‘Count on me,’ you are saying: ‘I will be there to write.’" — Norman Mailer in The Spooky Art: Some Thoughts on Writing "The secret to getting started is breaking your complex overwhelming tasks into small manageable tasks, and then starting on the first one." — Mark Twain "The wonderful thing about writing is that there is always a blank page waiting. The terrifying thing about writing is that there is always a blank page waiting." ― J.K. Rowling "I don’t sit around waiting for passion to strike me.