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Quotes About Writing

The secret of being a successful writer is--write. Every writer deserves that chance.
~ Millicent Ashby
Writing is not a choice for me, it is a calling.
~ Brenda B. Taylor
When life gives you lemons ~ write about 'em!
~ Kimmie Easley, Souls Set Free
A real and admirable writer is the one who can write good books but can take criticisms better.
~ Nicholaa Spencer
Now, as we close one chapter, the pen is gradually inking up, preparing itself to write the next.
~ Mie Hansson
When I write, my soul sings.
~ Melissa Marsh
Do not forget to write your sacred book.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing
~ Cormac McCarthy
It's nice when you can ride the inspirational wave, but as a writer, you'll also find how fast you can lose that wave. You must persevere.
~ Charles Lee
I write because I love to play with language.
~ W.H. Auden
All good writers are weird. Proudly weird.
~ Margo Rabb, Kissing in America
Don't stop writing until someone pries the pen from your cold, dead hands.
~ James John Tritten
The pen is mightier than the sword, for by the sword are mortal battles waged, but by the pen entire cultures swayed, eternal societies arrayed, and souls of men saved.
~ Ilyan Kei Lavanway
The day when on the cover of my books, my name will appear in bigger fond than the title of my book- I will stop writing because that would be the death of the writer in me.
~ Kirtida Gautam
There are authors who write to communicate, there are authors who write to impress themselves.
~ Mark S. Hertzog
Writing is not always a writer's playtime. It's actually a work in progress. Few understand this and mistakenly believe we're wasting time. But it's never a waste of time when doing what you love.
~ David Lucero, Big Jim
I realized I was officially a professional writer when all my plans began with "drink coffee" and ended with "take a nap.
~ Cassandra Duffy
Only a writer holds conversations between people that don't exist. We don't talk to ourselves. We talk to people we created from nothing.#FromTheInternet #AuthorUnknown
~ Unknown
Yes, writing is that easy. Yes, writing is that hard. But if you want to do it you can. Only you can stop you.
~ R.M. Donaldson
Always write as if you will never have the blessed chance to write again, so this has to be the best thing you've ever done. Do that, and it will be.
~ Joe Gores
The beauty of writing is imagining new endings to a time of darkness, like burning off a morning fog with the heat and clarity of the sun.
~ J.J. Brown
You'll never be as good as the next page you write, or as bad as the last one.
~ D.E.M. Emrys
Until you begin to write, then you shall know the wonders of the written word.
~ Lailah Gifty Akita
Writing isn't a choice. It's a calling. So answer the damn phone already!
~ T.N. Suarez