Writing Quote by Anne Quindlen

“I've discovered that sometimes writing badly can eventually lead to something better. Not writing at all leads to nothing.”

— Anna Quindlen

“Write even when you don't want to, don't much like what you are writing, and aren't writing particularly well.”

— Agatha Christie

“It's good to write badly. Things can only get better.”

— Alan Dapre

“The only thing worse than writing is not writing.”

— Buffy Cram

“I hate writing, I hate pens and paper and all that fussiness. I have done well enough without it too, I think. Oh, I…

— Sebastian Barry

“Whenever someone says, 'I love writing,' I always think, 'You probably suck at writing.”

— Bob Odenkirk

“When you start writing, your incredulity at the childish, incompetent, graceless thing you've done is shattering. One of the advantages of having experience as…

— Deborah Eisenberg

“I have so little control over the act of writing that it's all I can do to remain conscious. Actual formal considerations are almost…

— David Rakoff

“Writing is physical work. It’s sweaty work. You can’t just will yourself to become a good writer. You really have to work at it.”

— Will Haygood

“Bad writing is better than no writing.”

— Dina Santorelli

“Writing is the dragon that lives underneath my floorboards. The one I incessantly feed for fear it may turn and devour my ass. Writing…

— Quentin R. Bufogle

“Keep writing. It's all terrible in the beginning.”

— A.K. Kuykendall