--- title: "16 Writing Begins Quotes by 14 authors" description: "Browse 16 Writing Begins quotes by 14 authors. Discover the best Writing Begins sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/jeanette-winterson-166_communication_everything-in-writing-begins-with-langua_562085.png" --- > [Everything in writing begins with language. Language begins with listening.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/everything-in-writing-begins-with-language-language-begins-with/) [Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e19/jeanette-winterson-166_communication_everything-in-writing-begins-with-langua_562085.png) > [The author enters into his own death, writing begins.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/roland-barthes/the-author-enters-into-his-own-death-writing-begins/) [Roland Barthes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/roland-barthes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/dd6/roland-barthes-1062_books_the-author-enters-into-his-own-death-wri_1371583.png) > [All writing begins in the sea of experience.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barry-lane/all-writing-begins-in-the-sea-of-experience/) [Barry Lane](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barry-lane/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/030/barry-lane-56534_experience_all-writing-begins-in-the-sea-of-experie_864325.png) > [“Heavy as such things are After the wordslide, the writing begins." From "Word Quake”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eileen-granfors/heavy-as-such-things-are-after-the-wordslide-the-writing-begins-from/) [Eileen Granfors](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eileen-granfors/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fca/eileen-granfors-25385_heavy-things_heavy-as-such-things-are-after-the-words_462206.jpg) > [The writing begins when you’ve finished. Only then do you know what you’re trying to say.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-writing-begins-when-you-ve-finished-only-then-do-you-know-what/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/67c/anonymous-1_begins_the-writing-begins-when-you-ve-finished_828707.jpg) > [Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/almost-all-good-writing-begins-with-terrible-first-efforts-you-need/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b39/anne-lamott-188_effort_almost-all-good-writing-begins-with-terr_88714.png) > [Literature is what you write when you think you should be saying something. Writing begins when you'd rather be doing anything else:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kenneth-patchen/literature-is-what-you-write-when-you-think-you-should-be-saying/) [Kenneth Patchen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kenneth-patchen/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/407/kenneth-patchen-10815_books_literature-is-what-you-write-when-you-th_632279.png) > [Writing ... it begins as an amusement, then it becomes a mistress, then a master, and finally a tyrant.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/writing-it-begins-as-an-amusement-then-it-becomes-a-mistress-then-a/) [Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3af/winston-churchill-95_amusement_writing-it-begins-as-an-amusement-then-i_1079260.jpg) > [I believe writing is where it all begins; you can not make a film look different, you have to write it differently.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rakshit-shetty/i-believe-writing-is-where-it-all-begins-you-can-not-make-a-film-look/) [Rakshit Shetty](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rakshit-shetty/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/80e/rakshit-shetty-28684_believe_i-believe-writing-is-where-it-all-begins_763249.jpg) > [“This is important to writing. . . that is, it is important to my own writing. This. . . is landscape! Mine.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/patricia-maclachlan/this-is-important-to-writing-that-is-it-is-important-to-my-own/) [Patricia MacLachlan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/patricia-maclachlan/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/20b/patricia-maclachlan-14887_children_this-is-important-to-writing-that-is-it_2423160.jpg) > [I always tell my writing students that every good piece of writing begins with both a mystery and a love story. And…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/silas-house/i-always-tell-my-writing-students-that-every-good-piece-of-writing/) [Silas House](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/silas-house/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/571/silas-house-23346_character_i-always-tell-my-writing-students-that-e_1305605.png) > [Writing begins in the body, it is the music of the body, and even if the words have meaning, can sometimes have…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-auster/writing-begins-in-the-body-it-is-the-music-of-the-body-and-even-if/) [Paul Auster](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-auster/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/409/paul-auster-351_body_writing-begins-in-the-body-it-is-the-mus_540718.jpg) > [Many novice writers, students in particular, think that writing is little more than copying down their self-talk, the palaver of the voices…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/richard-rhodes/many-novice-writers-students-in-particular-think-that-writing-is/) [Richard Rhodes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/richard-rhodes/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/885/richard-rhodes-18655_begins_many-novice-writers-students-in-particul_915932.jpg) > [Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something—anything—down on paper. What I’ve…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/almost-all-good-writing-begins-with-terrible-first-efforts-you-need-3/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6d6/anne-lamott-188_effort_almost-all-good-writing-begins-with-terr_668008.jpg) > [In the most basic way, writers are defined not by the stories they tell, or their politics, or their gender, or their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/donald-e-westlake/in-the-most-basic-way-writers-are-defined-not-by-the-stories-they/) [Donald E. Westlake](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/donald-e-westlake/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a86/donald-e-westlake-4285_attitude_in-the-most-basic-way-writers-are-define_2250178.jpg) > [Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Start by getting something-anything-down on paper. A friend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-lamott/almost-all-good-writing-begins-with-terrible-first-efforts-you-need-2/) [Anne Lamott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-lamott/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/639/anne-lamott-188_checks_almost-all-good-writing-begins-with-terr_172488.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-begins/#itemlist", "name": "Writing Begins Quotes", "numberOfItems": 16, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Everything in writing begins with language. 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