Quotes About Writing

Nothing leaves a scar upon an Authors heart more than a book they've written with purpose going unread.

If God didn't want me to cross boundaries, then he wouldn't have made me a writer.

… this is my first language." {on Writing}

Every author begins as a reader. So, read yourself into authorship.

If you surrender to your imagination, the story will write itself.

Never a day without a line.

I think part of why I have so many books around me and why I read every day is because I mythologize the writer. I don't do that with any other artists.

If fiction and fantasy books are escapism, then let an author write them so as to better equip the reader to face reality by the end.

Manuscript rejections might tempt you to quit writing or querying. Don't.

Write your dreams in journal, note book, card or on a cork. When you pen down your dreams, an a inner strength and divine power is activated for your to work towards the fulfillment of your dreams.

If you want to be a writer, write a little bit every day. Pay attention to the world around you. Stories are hiding, waiting everywhere. You just have to open your eyes and your heart.

Writing is like a lump of coal. Put it under enough pressure and polish it enough and you might just end up with a diamond. Otherwise, you can burn it to keep warm.

If I could do it all again, I would start three hundred years ago, and write twice as fast.

If I could split myself into five people, I would still be behind on my writing schedule. I see now why James Patterson cloned himself so many times.

Writing is like breathing for my soul.

I read to learn from the greats but I write to compete with them.

Cry while writing it, and readers will cry while reading it.

Pour your heart onto the page.

I know have lived, so many times, that the only thing I have left to remember is my writing, cause every single moment in life it's already written.

The imagination of creative thought can be a crazy place, this giving reason to write it down to try and make sense of it all.

Love. Fall in love and stay in love. Write only what you love, and love what you write. The word is love. You have to get up in the morning and write something you love, something to live for.

For me, writing is immortality. It is wisdom. It is never-ending.

I never had any doubts about my abilities. I knew I could write. I just had to figure out how to eat while doing this., New York Times, April 19, 1992]

Write because you love to write.