The thing I write will be the thing I write.

I try to write about small insignificant things. I try to find out if it's possible to say anything about them. And I almost…

— Karl Ove Knausgard

It's one thing to write the music, it's another thing to write it down, it's another thing to play it, and something else altogether…

— Gail Zappa

“The thing I want to write most is the next thing I write.”

— Carroll Bryant

If I wanted to change the world, the last thing I would do is write a play.

— Tom Stoppard

Having the urge to write is one thing; acting on it is another.

— Roy Peter Clark

Buy a blank notebook. Draw a huge heart on the cover. Dont write anything negative in here. If you need another outlet, make a…

— Ritu Ghatourey

If you're waiting for the perfect moment, you'll never write a thing because it will never arrive. I have no routine. I have no…

— Margaret Atwood

Whenever I'm asked what advice I have for young writers, I always say that the first thing is to read, and to read a…

— John Green

“No, I am just writing this because, sometimes, you’re still all I have to write about. Sometimes you’re the only thing that my typewriter…

— Moriah Pearson

If it's not happening, write your own thing!

— Molly Shannon

Remember that, sooner or later, before it ever reaches perfection, you will have to let it go and move on and start to write…

— Neil Gaiman

I really want to write, and it's the only thing I'm good at.

— Christopher Markus

Write about the thing that scares you most or your most private confession and you'll never have a problem coming up with decent fiction.

— Don Roff

if you want your name to be remembered after your death either do something worth writing or write some thing worth reading

— Abraham Lincoln

I'm pretty lenient with myself about time - if I feel like taking photographs of small things inside ice cubes or making animal collages,…

— Matthea Harvey