Writing Quotes

No matter how good it is, your book will not sell itself.

We weave together the many skeins of our words, Into poems and stories and books, And the books are made so much more vivacious and colourful, For all the care that is woven in along with the words.

A liar with a pen is a writer

Thank god he wasn't a writer, or he'd have nothing to write about.

There is his religion of art, my young successor: rejecting life! Not living is what he makes his beautiful fiction out of! And you will now be the person he is not living with!

I would not be myself without writing.

Writing is the only thing that makes me feel alive.

Now, practically even better news than that of short assignments is the idea of shitty first drafts. All good writers write them.

It's not a career for anyone who needs or values security. It's a career for gamblers. Every time you write a book you roll the dice again.

...originality is little morethan the fine blending of influences.

Writer is a Film Director of letters.

A writer must pay attention his or her surroundings.

With writing, i can do everything. Make nothing to be something, and then make something to big thing. So, i know, that nothing and big thing is so true as same thing

I'd be somewhat of a lousy writer if I didn't know what to say.

Look back, but never look down.

Being an author is to have a toe in the creative pool and a foot in the vat of commerce.

I write to create a sky where the moon can touch the sun and not get burned.

...but [I] had sworn on the very day of my demobilization never to be under anyone’s orders for the rest of my life. Somehow I must live by writing.

We see and tell about the myriad truths of how the universe is and might be. That's what we writers DO.

I am happiest sitting against a tree, with my notebook or sketchpad on my knee, capturing the moment.

Writers who copy or plagiarise others are dreaming in another man’s sleep.

You are a writer. You just need to write.

The writer in her went silent and hid when her revealing words were wide-spread read.

When you grow up to be an author and write books, you'll think you're making the books up, but they'll all really be true, somewhere.

Sometimes I don't even know why I'm writing what I'm writing...I'm just following these people around and taking notes.

I write because my imagination won't let me quit. And because I want to read what I wrote and share what I've written.

A butler supplies food to nourish your body, but a writer nourishes your mind through writing.

The purpose of a writer is to show the beauty and tragedy of life in the reader's own mirror.

There is only one rule for writing and that is go ahead and start writing.

A writer is like a gossiper who reveal secrets in a professional way.

With our writings, we can right the world.

You cannot prove your worth by bylines and busyness.

Inspiration doesn't always come in chronological order.

To write is human, to receive a letter: Devine!

In the industry, trying out new genres is not always encouraged but what I've discovered is that as a writer, a jaunt outside my comfort zone generally brings new skills to the main body of my work.

For a writer it's a genuinely interesting and hopefully profitable era that makes a variety of books available to a variety of readers, extending both what's available and who gets to read it.

It's part of a writer's job to be nosy about everything.

I love writing, and just as much, I love undertaking research.

The space where I write is in my head, I suppose.

When a chap is passionate, the readership can sense it.

I realised early on that being an author is a hugely misunderstood job.

Nothing makes you feel smaller than New York City...

A bad handwriting is as annoying to a reader … as an irritating voice is to a listener.

Why I write music? Because it hurts not to.

On every page, confidence fights with self-doubt. Every sentence is an act of faith. Why would anybody want to do it?

The best kind of day is a writing day

Don't say you're a writer if you're not writing. Even if you're writing, don't call yourself a writer. Say instead, 'I write.' It's the verb that's important, not the noun.

The trouble with a baby, for writists, is that they take away your useful melancholy, even the energy to invent some.

The novelist is more like a pregnant woman who delivers her own child unaided. A messy procedure, with lots of groaning.

And lucky indeed is the writer who has grown up in Ireland, for the English spoken there is so amusing and musical. (“How to Write with Style”. Essay, 1985)