Writing Quotes
- “The only writer to whom you should compare yourself is the writer you were yesterday.” – David Schlosser
- “Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” – Louis L’Amour
- “I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.” – Anne Frank
- “Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.” – E.L. Doctorow
- “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” – Toni Morrison
- “The act of writing is the act of discovering what you believe.” – David Hare
- “You can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page.” – Jodi Picoult
- “Writing is like breathing, it’s possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.” – Julia Cameron
- “The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.” – Thomas Jefferson
- “Writing is the painting of the voice.” – Voltaire
- “Write what should not be forgotten.” – Isabel Allende
- “The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.” – Anaïs Nin
- “You fail only if you stop writing.” – Ray Bradbury
- “The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.” – Terry Pratchett
- “The greatest part of a writer’s time is spent in reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.” – Samuel Johnson
- “Don’t be a writer. Be writing.” – William Faulkner
- “A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” – Thomas Mann
- “There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” – Ernest Hemingway
- “To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the music the words make.” – Truman Capote
- “A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.” – Richard Bach
