Art of writing Quote by Arthur Quiller-Couch

“Write and keep writing, not because people will like it, but because someone may get a kick out of thrashing your book.”

— Magus Tor

The writer's duty is to keep on writing.

— William Styron

Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile.

— Sinclair Lewis

All you need to do is write truly and not care about what the fate of it is.

— Ernest Hemingway

Oh! write, write. Finish it at once. Let there be an end of this suspense. Fix, commit, condemn yourself.

— Jane Austen

“Writing amounts to removing a piece of yourself and exposing it to criticism. The bravery of that action alone deserves to be looked on…

— April Khaito

A thing may in itself be the finest piece of writing one has ever done, and yet have absolutely no place in the manuscript…

— Carolyn Forche

If a writer wrote merely for his time, I would have to break my pen and throw it away.

— Victor Hugo

We'll keep writing and if it hits our standards we'll go with it. We're not here to destroy anything. It's as precious to us…

— Ian Brown

One must be ruthless with one's own writing or someone else will be.

— John Berryman

Writing is a necessity and often a pleasure, but at the same time, it can be a great burden and a terrible struggle.

— Jonathan Lethem

“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