--- title: "12 Writing Right Quotes by 11 authors" description: "Browse 12 Writing Right quotes by 11 authors. Discover the best Writing Right sayings and thoughts." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/904/steven-erikson-588_core_i-have-to-feel-what-i-m-writing-right-do_1683714.jpg" --- > [I have to feel what I'm writing, right down to the core.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/i-have-to-feel-what-i-m-writing-right-down-to-the-core/) [Steven Erikson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-erikson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/904/steven-erikson-588_core_i-have-to-feel-what-i-m-writing-right-do_1683714.jpg) > [I was brought up to try to see what was wrong and right it. Since I am a writer, writing is how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-walker/i-was-brought-up-to-try-to-see-what-was-wrong-and-right-it-since-i-am/) [Alice Walker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-walker/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/86a/alice-walker-347_am_i-was-brought-up-to-try-to-see-what-was_678353.png) > [When you are writing; do it a right thing, because world begins with writing](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/when-you-are-writing-do-it-a-right-thing-because-world-begins-with/) [Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/625/anonymous-1_advice_when-you-are-writing-do-it-a-right-thing_804600.jpg) > [Academic writing you have to get right. Fiction you have to get plausible. And there's a world of difference.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-colla/academic-writing-you-have-to-get-right-fiction-you-have-to-get/) [Elliott Colla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-colla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/626/elliott-colla-15941_academic_academic-writing-you-have-to-get-right-f_226716.jpg) > [I'd be happy to do Star Trek again, if the writing was right.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-collins/i-d-be-happy-to-do-star-trek-again-if-the-writing-was-right/) [Stephen Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-collins/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/59e/stephen-collins-24570_again_i-d-be-happy-to-do-star-trek-again-if-th_2524732.jpg) > [Instead of writing it wrong six times and then writing it right, I think it wrong six times and then write it…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/fran-lebowitz/instead-of-writing-it-wrong-six-times-and-then-writing-it-right-i/) [Fran Lebowitz](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/fran-lebowitz/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/9df/fran-lebowitz-690_six_instead-of-writing-it-wrong-six-times-an_3192781.png) > [Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-rall/silk-road-to-ruin-has-all-the-analysis-and-it-s-structured-very-well/) [Ted Rall](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-rall/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/989/ted-rall-13770_analysis_silk-road-to-ruin-has-all-the-analysis-a_3032777.png) > [“The best writing is what's right in front of you. Sometimes I'd walk down the street with poets and they wouldn't see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lawrence-ferlinghetti/the-best-writing-is-what-s-right-in-front-of-you-sometimes-i-d-walk/) [Lawrence Ferlinghetti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lawrence-ferlinghetti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/869/lawrence-ferlinghetti-7689_poetry_the-best-writing-is-what-s-right-in-fron_1559615.jpg) > [So in writing, there is always a right word, and every other than that is wrong. There is no beauty in words…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ralph-waldo-emerson/so-in-writing-there-is-always-a-right-word-and-every-other-than-that/) [Ralph Waldo Emerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ralph-waldo-emerson/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bf4/ralph-waldo-emerson-6_effects_so-in-writing-there-is-always-a-right-wo_1332656.png) > [Write. Start writing today. Start writing right now. Don’t write it right, just write it -and then make it right later. Give…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tara-moss/write-start-writing-today-start-writing-right-now-don-t-write-it/) [Tara Moss](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tara-moss/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/b78/tara-moss-24710_advice_write-start-writing-today-start-writing_182337.jpg) > [“If there’s a single idea I emphasize when people ask about writing, it’s that there’s no right way to produce a book.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-finch/if-there-s-a-single-idea-i-emphasize-when-people-ask-about-writing-it/) [Charles Finch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-finch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/766/charles-finch-18473_books_if-there-s-a-single-idea-i-emphasize-whe_1413501.jpg) > [Academic writing you have to get right. Fiction you have to get plausible. And there's a world of difference. In a way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elliott-colla/academic-writing-you-have-to-get-right-fiction-you-have-to-get-2/) [Elliott Colla](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elliott-colla/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8dc/elliott-colla-15941_academic_academic-writing-you-have-to-get-right-f_1159354.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/writing-right/#itemlist", "name": "Writing Right Quotes", "numberOfItems": 12, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I have to feel what I'm writing, right down to the core.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Steven Erikson" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-erikson/i-have-to-feel-what-i-m-writing-right-down-to-the-core/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/904/steven-erikson-588_core_i-have-to-feel-what-i-m-writing-right-do_1683714.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/904/steven-erikson-588_core_i-have-to-feel-what-i-m-writing-right-do_1683714.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/904/steven-erikson-588_core_i-have-to-feel-what-i-m-writing-right-do_1683714.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I have to feel what I'm writing, right down to the core.” — Steven Erikson", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I was brought up to try to see what was wrong and right it. 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