Commitment Quote by Dani Shapiro

Once the initial excitement wears off and it's time to sit down to write, the authors are usually still very eager, but the reality…

— Deborah Reber

“Any good, persistent, business-minded, prolific writer can succeed if they keep writing and moving forward. For the modern author, that’s excellent news.”

— Sean Platt

There's no reason that a writer, if they have some discipline and curiosities and passion, can't be vital for a long, long time.

— Peter Hedges

“We do need to bring to our writing, over and over again, all the abundance we possess. To be able, to be ready, to…

— Eudora Welty

“Becoming a writer is a lifelong journey. It cannot be learned in a day or even a month or a year. We will never…

— Shanda Trofe Write from the Heart

I believe you have to write every day–make the time. It’s about having an organized mind instead of a chaotic and untidy one. There…

— Jeanette Winterson

“There are many good reasons for writing that have nothing to do with being published. Writing is a powerful search mechanism, and one of…

— William Knowlton Zinsser

Of all the reasons for wanting to write, the only one that nurtures us through time is love of the work itself.

— Robert McKee

“Never stop writing. Whether you’re writing a novel, screen play or just keeping a journal, it’s integral that you make writing a daily process.…

— Leigh Hershkovich

I also believe that writing becomes worthwhile and vitalized only through a full and exciting life.

— Esther Forbes

“Writing for the sake of writing, writing that draws its credibility from its very existence, is a foreign idea to most Americans. As a…

— Julia Cameron

I believe - I know (there are not many things I should care to dogmatize about, on the subject of writing) that writers need…

— Nadine Gordimer