You Write Quotes

619 quotes by 486 authors

If you write a line of zeroes, itÂ´s still nothing. — Ayn Rand
First, consider the pen you write with. It should be a fast-writing pen because your thoughts are always much faster than your hand. You don't… — Natalie Goldberg
So long as you write it away regularly nothing can really hurt you. — Shirley Jackson
Abe's face came back into focus. "Greetings, Zmey," I said weakly. Somehow, him being here didn't surprise me. "Nice of you to slither on in."… — Richelle Mead
I have spent a good many years sinceâ€•too many, I thinkâ€•being ashamed about what I write. I think I was forty before I realized that… — Stephen King
When you write a book, you spend day after day scanning and identifying the trees. When youâ€™re done, you have to step back and look… — Stephen King
Well, it kind of hurts when the kind of words you write And kind of turn themselves into knives And don't mind my nerve you… — Jason Mraz
What you're trying to do when you write is to crowd the reader out of his own space and occupy it with yours, in a… — Robert Stone
One of the paradoxes of writing is that when you write non-fiction everyone tries to prove that it's wrong, and when you publish fiction, everyone… — Scarlett Thomas
You don't write because someone sets assignments! You write because you need to write, or because you hope someone will listen or because writing will… — Joanne Harris
Sometimes stories cry out to be told in such loud voices that you write them just to shut them up. — Stephen King
You do not write a novel for praise, or thinking of your audience. You write for yourself; you work out between you and your pen… — Bret Easton Ellis
I made you take time to look at what I saw and when you took time to really notice my flower, you hung all your… — Georgia O'Keeffe
Why vampires? You write centuries-long family sagasâ€”why not write historical epics without any hint of the supernatural?" Â "Well, that would be boring, wouldn't it?"… — Carrie Vaughn
I always see nice images like that but I don't know what to do with them. I guess you share them with someone. Or you… — James Franco
You list the dead. You tell the stories of the past. You write about the catastrophes and the massacres. What about the living, Finnikin? Who… — Melina Marchetta
We have to accept ourselves in order to write. Now none of us does that fully: few of us do it even halfway. Donâ€™t wait… — Natalie Goldberg
When you write, itâ€™s like braiding your hair. Taking a handful of coarse unruly strands and attempting to bring them unity. Your fingers have still… — Edwidge Danticat
No two people will ever see or feel things in the same way, Merry. The challenge is to be truthful when you write. Don't approximate.… — Kate Morton
When you write, you want fame, fortune and personal satisfaction. You want to write what you want to write and feel it's good, and you… — Dashiell Hammett

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