Quotes about writing are always the most popular posts on my social media platforms. Here are 25 of my favorites to inform, motivate, and inspire your writing:
“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 role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say.” ― Anaïs Nin
“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” ― Anton Chekhov
“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” ― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft
“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” ― Louis L’Amour
“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” ― Thomas Mann, Essays of Three Decades
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you.”― Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings
“There is something delicious about writing the first words of a story. You never quite know where they’ll take you.” ― Beatrix Potter
“Imagination is like a muscle. I found out that the more I wrote, the bigger it got.” ― Philip José Farmer
“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” ― Jack London
“Easy reading is damn hard writing.” ― Nathaniel Hawthorne
“Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” ― Pablo Picasso
“In writing, you must kill all your darlings.” ― William Faulkner
“The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do.” ― Thomas Jefferson
“I write for the same reason I breathe – because if I didn’t, I would die.” ― Isaac Asimov
“Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.” ― Ray Bradbury
“If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!” ― Jackie Collins
“If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write.” ― Martin Luther
“One should use common words to say uncommon things” ― Arthur Schopenhauer
“A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.” ― Richard Bach
“Writing is the only thing that when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else.” ― Gloria Steinem
“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the music the words make.” ― Truman Capote, Truman Capote: Conversations
“I’m writing a book. I’ve got the page numbers done.” ― Steven Wright
“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.” ― Jack Kerouac, The Dharma Bums
“You can make anything by writing.” ― C.S. Lewis
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Which quotes about writing are your favorites?
