Writing Quote by Beatrix Potter

“You know your characters are truly alive, when they start to write their own story and take you to places you didn't expect.”

— Joanne McDonnell

“I learned that everyone or every place has a story, it just takes a writer to find it and make it ready to be…

— Michael K. Brantley

“It doesn't matter where the story comes from, it matters where it takes you.”

— J.R. Meehl

“Writing is a wonderful voyage of discovery. So sit down and write, and see where your mind can take you...”

— Sarah Jane Avory

“Some stories simply touch us more deeply as they reach right into our hearts, settle there, and never leave.”

— Kate Fagan

“I have a sense of exile from thought, a nostalgia of the quiet room and balanced mind. I am a writer, and there comes…

— Raymond Chandler

“Story always tells us more than the mere words, and that is why we love to write it, and to read it.”

— Madeleine L'Engle

“I find that writing is as magical as the genre I write in. When the story comes alive and takes over, it's truly a…

— K.M. Randall

“I remember the first story I wrote. It truly sucked. But I kept working at it, and look where I am today.”

— Anna Glazebrook

“A piece of writing has to start somewhere, go somewhere, and sit down when it gets there.”

— John McPhee

“Like reading, writing takes me to places I would otherwise never be able to go.”

— Bea Cannon

“We write because we need somewhere for the stories in our heads to live.”

— Dana George