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Writing Quotes by Elizabeth Gilbert
- Despite having written five books, I worry that I have not written the right kinds of books, or that perhaps I have dedicated too much…
- Writing is not like dancing or modeling; it's not something where-if you missed it by age 19-you're finished. It's never too late. Your writing will…
- I can honestly say [that writing] is the best life there is, because you get to live within the realm of your own mind, and…
- I never promised the universe that I would write brilliantly; I only promised the universe that I would write.
- But when it comes to writing the thing that I've sort of been thinking about lately, is why? You know, is it rational? Is it…
- The great Sufi poet and philosopher Rumi once advised his students to write down the three things they most wanted in life. If any item…
- Someone has to write all those stories: why not me?
- The great Sufi poet and philosopher Rumi once advised his students to write down the three things they most wanted in life. If any item…
- Just as there exists in writing a literal truth and a poetic truth, there also exists in a human being a literal anatomy and a…
- As for discipline—it's important, but sort of overrated. The more important virtue for a writer, I believe, is self-forgiveness. Because your writing will always disappoint…
More Writing Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing. — Paul Auster
- I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was… — Paul Auster
- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- When we were making the law, when we were writing the literature and the mathematics the grandfarthers of Blair and little Bush… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
- A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit. — Richard Bach
- In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing… — Billie Joe Armstrong
- I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
- Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. — Sholem Asch
- Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core… — Isaac Asimov
- If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster. — Isaac Asimov
- Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not. — Isaac Asimov