Writing Quotes · Page 75

8chan is an empty piece of paper for writing on.

— Jim Watkins

I love writing comics too much.

— Marjorie Liu

I love writing about people on the road.

— Cynthia Kadohata

That's what writing is. It's moving past your fear.

— Jacqueline Woodson

I never took creative writing.

— Jesse Andrews

The bigger the issue, the smaller you write.

— Richard Price

I don't like writers. They're dangerous people.

— Greta Garbo

“Edit your author as you would be edited.”

— Barbara Sjoholm

“I write and speak with an authentic, unfiltered, intentional, and fearless voice.”

— Stephanie Lahart

Books work as an art form (and an economic one) because they are primarily the work of an individual.

— Seth Godin

I was writing songs from when I was 12. My songs always came from questions that I need answers for.

— Curtis Mayfield

The writer's shortness of breath became more and more distressing as he rose.

— Hudson Stuck

Writing, like any art, is a continuing process of discovering the infinite possibilities of Life.

— Hubert Selby, Jr

“Writing is a failure. Writing is not only useless, it's spoiled paper.”

— Anonymous

People might think writing is a hard business, but it's nowhere near acting.

— Kate Morton

Find the best writers, pay them to write, and avoid typos at all costs.

— Ernest Hemingway

You have to have something worth saying and then the ability to say it- writing's a double skill, really.

— Iain Banks

The easier you make it look, the more difficult it is. Creating characters out of nothing, and making them interesting - and…

— Jackie Collins

I have never thought that I have sacrificed anything being a writer. That might not be true, maybe I have sacrificed something.…

— Walter Mosley

If you know everything, it keeps you from writing. You don't want a story to burn you out instead of surprising you.

— Joe R. Lansdale

“Life would be so simple if we could re-write the bad parts but since we can't, let's make the good parts worth…

— Sharlay

I do like to write nasty songs. It's a useful weapon to have, and it's cathartic as well, because I create art…

— Lisa Marie Presley

I believe in not quite knowing. A writer needs to be doubtful, questioning. I write out of curiosity and bewilderment.

— William Trevor

Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits. That's it in a nutshell ... In…

— Twyla Tharp

“It's a difficult path that we tread, us Indie self-publishers, but we're not alone. How many bands practicing in their dad’s garage…

— Karl Wiggins

When a child is learning to write, it is extremely easy for it to hold the pen wrongly, and to form its…

— James Allen

I do not begin my novel at the beginning, I do not reach chapter three before I reach chapter four, I do…

— Vladimir Nabokov

More and more in the art world are becoming moralistic, telling artists and critics what they should and shouldn't write, do, or…

— Jerry Saltz

“I write because of the fragility of our existence. I write because it's my answer to impermanence. I write because it helps…

— T. Scott McLeod

“All writers recognize this surge of striking; in its energies the objects of the world are made new, alchemized by their passage…

— Jane Hirshfield

“In crisp, clean prose Amy Reed places the reader right into the heart and mind and life of a girl who makes…

— M. Sindy Felin

If I had an author superpower, I would like to have the ability to stop time for everyone else. I feel like…

— Rainbow Rowell

I'd consider myself a flailing comedy writer.

— Benjamin Walker

As a writer you have a duty to be a messenger.

— Jay Griffiths

When I write I am the real me.

— Ann Rinaldi

Writing in English is like throwing mud at a wall.

— Joseph Conrad

Be ruthless about protecting writing days.

— J. K. Rowling

Show me a hero and I'll write you a tragedy.

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

I lived to write, and wrote to live.

— Samuel Rogers

I am a part of all I have read.

— Anonymous