64 Inspirational Quotes on Writing (CREATIVE)

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Top 10 Most Famous Quotes on Writing (BEST)

“Sometimes the ideas just come to me. Other times I have to sweat and almost bleed to make ideas come. It’s a mysterious process, but I hope I never find out exactly how it works. I like a mystery, as you may have noticed.”
J.K. Rowling

I only write when I’m inspired, so I see to it that I’m inspired every morning at nine o’clock. - Peter De Vries — I only write when I’m inspired, so I see to it that I’m inspired every morning at nine o’clock. – Peter De Vries

All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know. — Ernest Hemingway — All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know. — **Ernest Hemingway**

I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn. - Anne Frank — I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn. – **Anne Frank**

A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit. - Richard Bach — A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit. – **Richard Bach**

Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that diet have very pleasant careers. - Ray Bradbury — Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that diet have very pleasant **careers**. – Ray Bradbury

Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don’t forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the truth. - Paula Danziger — Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don’t forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the **truth**. – Paula Danziger

If you wait for inspiration to write you’re not a writer, you’re a waiter. - Dan Poynter — If you wait for inspiration to write you’re not a writer, you’re a waiter. – Dan Poynter

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. - Benjamin Franklin — Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. – **Benjamin Franklin**

Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works. - Virginia Woolf — Every secret of a writer’s soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works. – **Virginia Woolf**

23 Best Quotes to Bring Out The Writer In You (INTROSPECTION)

“[As a writer] you have to have the three D’s: drive, discipline and desire. If you’re missing any one of those three, you can have all the talent in the world, but it’s going to be really hard to get anything done.”
Nora Roberts

Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of hard work. - Stephen King — Talent is cheaper than table salt. What separates the talented individual from the successful one is a lot of **hard work**. – **Stephen King**

If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others read a lot and write a lot. - Stephen King — If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. – **Stephen King**

I try to write a certain amount each day, five days a week. A rule sometimes broken is better than no rule. - Herman Wouk — I try to write a certain amount each day, five days a week. A rule sometimes broken is better than no rule. – Herman Wouk

It’s none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way. - Ernest Hemingway — It’s none of their business that you have to **learn** how to write. Let them think you were born that way. – **Ernest Hemingway**

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. - Maya Angelou — There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. – **Maya Angelou**

I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by. - Douglas Adams — I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by. – Douglas Adams

Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river. - Lisa See — Read a thousand books, and your words will flow like a river. – Lisa See

“Beginning a novel is always hard. It feels like going nowhere. I always have to write at least 100 pages that go into the trashcan before it finally begins to work. It’s discouraging, but necessary to write those pages. I try to consider them pages -100 to zero of the novel.”
Barbara Kingsolver

Every writer I know has trouble writing. - Joseph Heller — Every writer I know has trouble writing. – Joseph Heller

A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. - Thomas Mann — A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. – Thomas Mann

There is no greater threat to the critics and cynics and fearmongers than those of us who are willing to fall because we have learned how to rise. - Brené Brown — There is no greater threat to the critics and cynics and fearmongers than those of us who are willing to fall because we have learned how to rise. – **Brené Brown**

The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better. - Stephen King — The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better. – **Stephen King**

If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor. - Edgar Rice Burroughs — If you write one story, it may be bad; if you write a hundred, you have the odds in your favor. – Edgar Rice Burroughs

The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. - Thomas Jefferson — The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do. – **Thomas Jefferson**

“When your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is going to hurt; revising a story down to the bare essentials is always a little like murdering children, but it must be done.”
Stephen King

If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule – a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last. - John Steinbeck — If a story is not about the hearer, he will not listen. And here I make a rule – a great and interesting story is about everyone or it will not last. – **John Steinbeck**

Being a good writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the Internet.

The first draft is just you telling yourself the story. - Terry Pratchett — The first draft is just you telling yourself the story. – Terry Pratchett

If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that. — Stephen King — If you don’t have **time** to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that. — **Stephen King**

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect. - Anaïs Nin — We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect. – **Anaïs Nin**

A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends. - Friedrich Nietzsche — A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends. – **Friedrich Nietzsche**

“My first feeling was that there was no way to continue. Writing isn’t like math; in math, two plus two always equals four no matter what your mood is like. With writing, the way you feel changes everything.”
Stephenie Meyer

24 Inspirational Writing Quotes to Instill Passion (PROGRESS)

“The English language is an arsenal of weapons. If you are going to brandish them without checking to see whether or not they are loaded, you must expect to have them explode in your face from time to time.”
Stephen Fry

A writer is working when he’s staring out of the window. - Burton Rascoe — A writer is working when he’s staring out of the window. – Burton Rascoe

Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on. - Louis L’Amour — Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on. – Louis L’Amour

Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer. - Barbara Kingsolver — Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer. – Barbara Kingsolver

Tears are words that need to be written. - Paulo Coelho — Tears are words that need to be written. – **Paulo Coelho**

If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster. - Isaac Asimov — If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster. – Isaac Asimov

How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. - Henry David Thoreau — How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. – **Henry David Thoreau**

And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. - Sylvia Plath — And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. – **Sylvia Plath**

There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly sometimes it’s like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges. - Ernest Hemingway — There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly: sometimes it’s like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges. – **Ernest Hemingway**

Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind. ― Virginia Woolf — Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind. ― **Virginia Woolf**

“You have to follow your own voice. You have to be yourself when you write. In effect, you have to announce, ‘This is me, this is what I stand for, this is what you get when you read me. I’m doing the best I can—buy me or not—but this is who I am as a writer.”
David Morrell

Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced. - Aldous Huxley — Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced. – Aldous Huxley

There’s no better teacher for writing than reading… Get a library card. That’s the best investment. - Alisa Valdes — There’s no better teacher for writing than reading… Get a library card. That’s the best **investment**. – Alisa Valdes

Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see any. - Orson Scott — Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see any. – Orson Scott

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write. - Saul Bellow — You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write. – Saul Bellow

The best time to plan a book is while you’re doing the dishes. - Agatha Christie — The best time to plan a book is while you’re doing the dishes. – **Agatha Christie**

You can make anything by writing. - C.S. Lewis — You can make anything by writing. – **C.S. Lewis**

Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open. - Natalie Goldberg — Write what disturbs you, what you **fear**, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open. – Natalie Goldberg

We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day. - Edith Lovejoy Pierce — We will open the book. Its pages are blank. We are going to put words on them ourselves. The book is called Opportunity and its first chapter is New Year’s Day. – Edith Lovejoy Pierce

Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading. — Eudora Welty — Indeed, **learning** to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior **devotion** to reading. — Eudora Welty

There is probably no hell for authors in the next world – they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this one. - C.N. Bovee — There is probably no hell for authors in the next world – they suffer so much from critics and publishers in this one. – C.N. Bovee

If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. ― Toni Morrison — If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it. ― Toni Morrison

Anyone who says writing is easy isn’t doing it right. — Amy Joy

“You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.”
Octavia E. Butler