The true writer must write not the acceptable but the true.

The music is the main thing and it's just as easy to write acceptable words.

— Bill Haley

“A writer writes regardless... even though... notwithstanding... despite... at any rate... anyhow... nevertheless... in the face of... undeterred by... heedless of... and because. The…

— Richelle E. Goodrich

If you wish to be a writer, write.

— Epictetus

“If you wish to be a writer– then write, and don’t allow anyone to tell you that you’re on the ‘wrong’ path. You know…

— M. Kirin

The writer will write in his or her words, but the readers, even when they are not reading you, will take it elsewhere entirely.

— Amitava Kumar

“Write. If you've always dreamed of being a writer, write. Even if you think what you write is crap, write. You might be surprised…

— Stephen Woods

“Advice? I don’t have advice. Stop aspiring and start writing. If you’re writing, you’re a writer. Write like you’re a goddamn death row inmate…

— Alan Wilson Watts

If you want to be a serious writer, then you have to write what there is to write about. If you're going to pull…

— Salman Rushdie

If you want to be a writer, write. Write and write and write. If you stop, start again. Save everything that you write. If…

— Anne Rice

I have had a lot of dreams come true as a writer... I've gotten to work with artists I adored as a reader; I've…

— Gail Simone

A lot of writers ... sit in a log cabin by the lake and put their feet up by the fire in the silence…

— Louis Auchincloss

“A true writer does not seek wealth or fame does seek to find himself in each of his readers souls.”

— Julia Joanne Black

The talent of a true writer and poet is in the ear.

— Bryant H. McGill

We never know how much has been missing from our lives until a true writer comes along.

— Alfred Kazin

“He, the true writer, is the department store dummy at the very center of the whole establishment, the one left alone on display all…

— Allan Gurganus