Inspirational quotes Quote by Anne Lamott

“Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Don’t worry about appearing sentimental. Worry about being unavailable; worry about being absent…

— Anne Lamott

If something inside of you is real, we will probably find it interesting, and it will probably be universal. So you must risk placing…

— Anne Lamott

“The secret of being a writer: not to expect others to value what you've done as you value it. Not to expect anyone else…

— Joyce Carol Oates

Write straight into the emotional center of things. Write toward vulnerability. Don't worry about appearing sentimental. Worry about being unavailable; worry about being absent…

— Anne Lamott

“The job of a writer is not to convey emotion but to invoke it.”

— Eric T. Benoit

“Always write exactly what you’re feeling at the exact moment when writing something like poetry or an emotional novel. Put yourself, pour all emotions…

— Nina Jean Slack

“If you want to write you need to be able to take risks – in your life and in your writing. If you only…

— Roselle Angwin

All along, my mantra was: Don't write unless it contributes to the emotion, and do anything you do in service of the emotion only.

— George Saunders

“Writing enables a person to build a protective barrier shielding them from an adverse environment, scrutinize their circumstances, and discover how to employ new…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Most writers write from their own experiences. That is where the honesty and intensity of emotions come from.

— Ravi Subramanian

I've always viewed writing as an outlet for being vulnerable and all that comes with that. You are able to let things all out.

— Bishop Briggs

Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.

— Joseph Joubert