Heart Quote by Amity Gaige

You have to have a somewhat cold heart to be a writer.

— Susanna Kaysen

Don't be 'a writer'. Be writing.

— William Faulkner

If you want to be a writer, write a little bit every day. Pay attention to the world around you. Stories are hiding, waiting…

— Kate DiCamillo

“If you wish to be a writer– then write, and don’t allow anyone to tell you that you’re on the ‘wrong’ path. You know…

— M. Kirin

I'm very much a writer at heart.

— Jamelle Bouie

You have to give up a great deal of life, your personal life, to be a writer.

— Doris Lessing

“Dedication. DEDICATION. That is the only way to become a writer. Write every day. Write until your fingers bleed, your eyes bleed, your soul…

— Belle DiMonté

“Becoming a writer is a lifelong journey. It cannot be learned in a day or even a month or a year. We will never…

— Shanda Trofe Write from the Heart

If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!

— Jackie Collins

Perhaps it would be better not to be a writer, but if you must, then write.

— J. B. Priestley

If you want to be a writer, write. Write and write and write. If you stop, start again. Save everything that you write. If…

— Anne Rice

You can't want to be a writer. You have to be one.

— Paul Theroux