Courage Quote by Cara Rosalie Olsen

“Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade...It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability…

— Malcolm Gladwell

“Writing turns you into somebody who's always wrong. The illusion that you may get it right someday is the perversity that draws you on.”

— Philip Roth

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

— Anna Quindlen

“I had written all I was going to write, if the truth had been known, and there is nothing wrong with that. If more…

— Richard Ford

“A writer writes to a great extent to be read (let's admire those who say they don't, but not believe them).”

— Albert Camus

“Every day I must prove to myself I am a writer. The knowledge goes away in my sleep. What I wrote yesterday was paltry,…

— Bonnie Friedman

“It is the deepest of wrongs I am driven to write…. And losing you was one of them.”

— Ranata Suzuki

“I don't sit here and make these stories up. They are delivered to me, over time, by some relentless and shadowy demand. Trust me,…

— Julian Lorr

“Writing is mostly a mind game. It’s about tricking yourself into becoming who you are. If you do this long enough, you begin to…

— Jeff Goins

“When you write, you believe in something no one else can see. You spend lots of time committed to a project for which there…

— Heather Sellers

“The secret of being a successful writer is--write. Every writer deserves that chance.”

— Millicent Ashby