Start Writing Quotes

106 quotes by 103 authors

• I didn't really start writing music or lyrics or turning them into songs until I went to San Francisco. — Jello Biafra
• You never know what you will learn till you start writing. Then you discover truths you never knew existed. — Anita Brookner
• The actual writing time is a lot shorter than the thinking time. I don't do too many notes. I keep it mostly in my head.… — Harlan Coben
• I never do a full outline, and if I did, I would not feel bound to it, because the view from inside a scene can… — Piers Anthony
• Every child is simple, just a clean slate. Then the parents start writing on his slate - what he has to become. Then the teachers,… — Rajneesh
• I always start writing with a clean piece of paper and a dirty mind. — Patrick Dennis
• If you're going to be a writer, the first essential is just to write. Do not wait for an idea. Start writing something and the… — Louis L'Amour
• I've known several cases of writers who decide to write about something and they research the hell out of it and when they're ready to… — E L Doctorow
• When you first start writing-and I think it's true for a lot of beginning writers-you're scared to death that if you don't get that sentence… — Toni Morrison
• I write a song because I want to. I think the moment you start writing it to make money, you're starting to kill yourself artistically. — Pete Seeger
• In the early days, Porter Wagoner would not exactly scold me, but he's say, 'You're writing too many damn verses. You're makin' these songs too… — Dolly Parton
• But usually I'll wake up and start writing about nine o'clock. I'll probably write for about three hours, and I'll do that over the next… — Stanley Tucci
• Work extra hard on the beginning of your story, so it snares reader's instantly. And know how you're going to end your story before you… — Joan Lowery Nixon
• There is an atmosphere of spiritual effort here. No other city is quite like it. I wake early, often at 5 o'clock, and start writing… — James Joyce
• You are in big trouble when you start writing software to impress girls. — Bruce Ellis
• Start writing sooner. Don't wait for permission. Don't hesitate. — Robin Hobb
• I really don't know what I am going to do in terms of what a book is going to be about until I actually start… — Robert B. Parker
• The first book is the book you have to write to get back at your parents; the book you always had in you. Once you… — Shirley Jackson
• You want to be a writer? A writer is someone who writes every day, so start writing. You don't have a job? Get one. Any… — Shonda Rhimes
• I would, however, start writing fiction about 10 years before I actually did, because it's such great fun to do, many times more creative than… — Judith Krantz

Who Wrote These Start Writing Quotes

103 authors contributed a total of 106 Start Writing Quotes, led by these top contributors:

• 2 Start Writing Quotes by David McCullough
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