Writing Quotes
- If you don't allow yourself the possibility of writing something very, very bad, it would be hard to write something very good. — Steven Galloway
- Unfortunately many young writers are more concerned with fame than with their own work... It's much more important to write than to be written about. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
- When you start, the world of publishing seems like a great cathedral citadel of talent, resisting attempts to let you inside. It isn't like that… — Alan Garner
- I usually have poor to absent relations with editors because they have a habit of desiring changes and I resist changes. — William H. Gass
- A writer's voice is not character alone, it is not style alone; it is far more. A writer's voice line the stroke of an artist's… — Patricia Lee Gauch
- He who does not expect a million readers should not write a line. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
- Wait until you are hungry to say something, until there is an aching in you to speak. — Natalie Goldberg
- As difficult as it is for a writer to find a publisher-admittedly a daunting task-it is twice as difficult for a publisher to sort through… — Olivia Goldsmith
- One of the least impressive liberties is the liberty to starve. This particular liberty is freely accorded to authors. — Unknown Author
- Quitters don't win and winners don't quit. — Elliott Gould
- Beginning writers must appreciate the prerequisites if they hope to become writers. You pay your dues - which takes years. — Alex Haley
- Loafing is the most productive part of a writer's life. — James Norman Hall
- I've always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in the morning and put words… — Robert Harris
- I hate anything that occupies more space than it is worth... I hate to see a parcel of big words without anything in them. — William Hazlitt
- The writer's intention hasn't anything to do with what he achieves. The intent to earn money or the intent to be famous or the intent… — Lillian Hellman
- When I am working on a book or a story I write every morning as soon after first light as possible. There is no one… — Ernest Hemingway
- I rewrote the ending of 'Farewell to Arms' 39 times before I was satisfied. — Ernest Hemingway
- The parody is the last refuge of the frustrated writer. Parodies are what you write when you are associate editor of the Harvard Lampoon. The… — Ernest Hemingway
- Having books published is very destructive to writing. — Ernest Hemingway
- The best way to become a writer is to go off and write. — Ernest Hemingway
- A writer's problem does not change. He himself changes and the world he lives in changes but his problem remains the same. It is always… — Ernest Hemingway
- Real seriousness in regard to writing is one of two absolute necessities. The other, unfortunately, is talent. — Ernest Hemingway
- All characters are based on elements of a writer's personal experience. — Unknown Author
- The only time to believe any kind of rating is when it shows you at the top. — Bob Hope
- Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible. — Anthony Hope