Journal Quotes

336 Journal quotes by 277 unique authors

Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are… — Jane Yolen
Three or four threads may be agitated, like telegraph wires, at the same time, and if I were to tap them all I would reveal… — Anais Nin
I am ashamed every day, and more ashamed the next. But I will spend the rest of my life in this living space writing these… — Don DeLillo
For any writer who wants to keep a journal, be alive to everything, not just to what you're feeling, but also to your pets, to… — May Sarton
Not keep a journal! How are your absent cousins to understand the tenor of your life in Bath without one? How are the civilities and… — Jane Austen
These things, she felt, were not to be passed around like disingenuous party favors. She kept an honor code with her journals and her poems.… — Alice Sebold
She was unaware that she was somewhat of a celebrity up in heaven. I had told people about her, what she did, how she observed… — Alice Sebold
The alcohol had the effect of making the black cloth blacker. This amused her; she had noted in her journal: "booze affects material as it… — Alice Sebold
P.S. Nothing personal, but I think this journal assignment is a waste of time. I know I have to do something to make up for… — Kate Klise
Then someone started pounding on the door. And not a little "Hey, what's up?" pound. Like there was a big sale on door pounds down… — Christopher Moore
I will be known forever as the Puppy who chased a cutpurse and caught fish garbage instead. My descendants will pretend I'm not in their… — Tamora Pierce
Journal became a sanctuary where I could pour out in honesty my pain and joy. It recorded my footsteps and helped me understand where I… — Sue Monk Kidd
Isn't it mysterious to begin a new journal like this? I can run my fingers through the fresh clean pages but I cannot guess what… — Maud Hart Lovelace
Found one of my old journals. from right around the time we were heading out on tour with NFG in the UK early 2008. i… — Hayley Williams
There was something unmistakably exultant about the mess that Rosa had made. Her bedroom-studio was at once the canvas, journal, museum, and midden of her… — Michael Chabon
My point is to urge you to find ways to recognize and remember God’s kindness. It will build our testimonies. You may not keep a… — Henry B. Eyring
Keep a journal, and don't assume that your work has to accomplish anything worthy: artists and peace-workers are in it for the long haul, and… — William Stafford
She needs a new journal. The one she has is problematic. To get to the present, she needs to page through the past, and when… — Dave Eggers
And the most interesting natural structure? A giant, two-thousand-mile-long fish in orbit around Jupiter, according to a reliable report in the Weekly World News. The… — Douglas Adams
…Abe didn’t say a word. He made straight for his journal and wrote down a single sentence. One that would radically alter the course of… — Seth Grahame-Smith
It never failed—I'd buy a new journal, write like a madwoman for ten pages, then lose total interest in the process. Three months later, I'd… — MaryJanice Davidson
He started keeping a journal - had been, in fact, secretly doing so for some time: the furtive act of a deranged person. — Philip K. Dick
I still love sparkles and grocery shopping and really old cats that are only nice to you half the time. I still love writing in… — Taylor Swift
Oh, very well, do you want to know why I really think you should keep a journal?" She nodded. "Because someday you're going to grow… — Julia Quinn
He knew that his wings could ignite at any moment, but the closer he came to touching the fire, the more he sensed that he… — Paul Auster

Who Wrote These Journal Quotes

277 authors contributed a total of 336 Journal Quotes, led by these top contributors: