Writing Quotes · Page 191

I never met a writer who wasn't lazy.

— Stephen King

The only lesson is, you gotta keep at it.

— R. L. Stine

The God we worship writes his name upon our faces.

— Roger Babson

A good writer always works at the impossible.

— John Steinbeck

I don't feel like writing any more ghost stories.

— Mary Downing Hahn

I write storys to entertain not to be the best

— Anonymous

I write short stories. I write every day.

— Isaiah Mustafa

Writing a poem is discovering.

— Robert Frost

Habit is the best thing for you if you’re trying to write prose.

— Alan Cheuse

If you start with a bang, you won't end with a whimper.

— T. S. Eliot

I have only written what I experienced, what I saw, what I learned first-hand.

— Mohamedou Ould Slahi

Before publishers' blurbs were invented, authors had to make their reputations by writing.

— Laurence J. Peter

I started writing for the theatre because I hated it.

— Eugene Ionesco

“It’s the natural trajectory of a writing career that a writer becomes better at being herself.”

— Amy Hempel

If you want to write serious books, you must be ready to break the forms.

— Charles J. Shields

I knew I wanted to be a writer before I knew that being a writer was possible.

— Dani Shapiro

“Occasionally a particular word or phrase in a letter or diary has sparked an entire plot - like an echo from history,…

— Sara Sheridan

There is no 'stop' - there's always 'go' on both sides: always keep writing, always keep recording. I don't find them to…

— Lucy Dacus

I don't really write. I'm an on-the-spot type of person. This beat, let's listen to it; let's vibe. And then I'll do…

— Travis Scott

I love the whole process for each new album. The writing, the touring, everything. For me, it never gets old.

— Zakk Wylde

I love music that has good catchy choruses and fits into many different genres. ... I like real artists, that write their…

— Perez Hilton

I am a writer... I am a genius of a writer; I have it in me. I am writing the best poems…

— Sylvia Plath

If writers, like comedians or singers, could only hear themselves bombing as they worked, it's likely that certain books would be cut…

— Walter Kirn

I'm good at melody - I'll write the top-line melody and ideal words I want to go with it. But I'm not…

— Avicii

Awareness of having better things to do with their lives is the secret to immunizing our children against false values--whether presented on…

— Polly Berrien Berends

My intention, certainly, is to create something which is aesthetic but many things are implicit in the work that I do. For…

— Graciela Iturbide

It is a little out of touch to presume that someone wants to follow your every observation and insight over the course…

— Christopher Bollen

People were always saying to Margaret, 'Well, Julia sings and Betsy writes. Now what is little Margaret going to do?' Margaret would…

— Maud Hart Lovelace

I like horror, but I tend to like it as seasoning. I'd get very bored if I was told I had to…

— Neil Gaiman

Vast volumes of mixed media surround us, from music to games and videos. Yet almost all of our online actions still begin…

— Tom Chatfield

Being in unfamiliar places has no effect on my writing, except that it often means I'm caught up in the logistics of…

— Cole Swensen

I want to go on living even after my death! And therefore I am grateful to God for this gift, this possibility…

— Anne Frank

“Your life is your story. Write well. Edit often.”

— Susan Statham

Writing makes you more human.

— John Updike

“Good writing just isn't that common.”

— Eric Flint

I am always pleased to be asked to write a poem.

— Carol Ann Duffy

Yes, it's hard to write. But it's harder not to.

— Anonymous

you must not come lightly to the blank page.

— Stephen King

Here lies one whose name was writ in water.

— John Keats

One writes fables in periods of oppression.

— Italo Calvino