Writing Quotes · Page 11

“Words have weight.”

— Stephen King

Writers need each other.

— Sara Sheridan

Observe, don't imitate.

— John M. Ford

I like being a writer.

— Terry Pratchett

I really hate to write.

— Jack Kerouac

It was written in blood.

— Broken Soul

I love writing songs.

— Sade Adu

Writing is not fun.

— Rian Johnson

I just play the guitar and write songs.

— John Denver

I'm more interested in writing than in performing.

— Frank McCourt

Blank pages inspire me with terror.

— Margaret Atwood

“Writing has become a habit with you.”

— Napoleon Hill

“This was such bad writing that it was good.”

— William Saroyan

I'm really good at writing 'almost hits'.

— Ben Folds

“Write on a screen that has no Internet access.”

— Bruno Heller

I became a writer in spite of my environments.

— Robert E. Howard

As a writer, one is always a little blind to what one writes.

— Patrick Modiano

Im looking for a guy who makes you want to dance and write poetry all day long.

— Angela Sarafyan

“You can only write what you know if you've lived, otherwise, you'll just be writing words.”

— Joseph Eastwood

I've realized the most effective way to write, for me, is knowing what to throw away.

— Youth Lagoon

I've written 17 novels, and I've found out that fiction can't keep up with real life.

— John Grisham

What's the best way to ensure a supply of good books in the future? Support up-and-coming writers now.

— Celeste Ng

“I write to escape. I haven't managed it yet, but I'm working on it”

— William Meikle

I'm a writer, and what I do is write. I wasn't able to do anything else.

— Hugh Leonard

I write about what I know: teenage dating, overly charged sexuality, all the things that make you uncomfortable.

— Bo Burnham

“I once learned that only three behaviors set literate people apart. The first two are obvious: reading and writing; but the third…

— Roy Peter Clark

Write a smart joke and people want to talk about it and keep the dialogue going. Also, if you can make someone…

— Lizz Winstead

I don't think it's very useful to open wide the door for young artists; the ones who break down the door are…

— Paul Schrader

Whenever I started writing music, it just naturally led itself there. As I started to tell my story, it's where my home…

— Jamie Lynn Spears

If heaven is tolerant and writers are allowed (bunch of liars though they are), I wonder if they gather for coffee to…

— Lori Lansens

“You see, I believe that you cannot be taught to 'write.' You can be taught grammar and punctuation, but you cannot be…

— Robert J. Randisi

I have this identity for myself as a writer and the only thing that can happen is that I chip away from…

— Mitchell Hurwitz

I have learned, as has many another better writer, to summon inspiration to my call as soon as I begin my day's…

— Albert Payson Terhune

At the moment we have a critical situation in Greece. Even as we speak, where there is an open attempt by the…

— Tariq Ali

I feel like a lot of the portrayals of, in particular, younger minority ethnic characters on television, a lot of their dialogue,…

— Corey Reynolds

In writing with detail, you are turning to face the world. It is a deeply political act, because you are not staying…

— Natalie Goldberg

Portland in particular is a cheap enough place to live that you can still develop your passion - painting, writing, music. People…

— Chuck Palahniuk

Jay-Z is like a rap-savant, he doesn't have to write the rhymes down, he can create complex raps in his head. I…

— Ice T

I rail against writers who talk about the loneliness of it all — what do they want, a crowd looking over their…

— Anonymous

Well had the boding tremblers learn'd to trace The day's disasters in his morning face; Full well they laugh'd with counterfeited glee…

— Oliver Goldsmith