Growth Quote by Erykah Badu

I'm always inspired to write, and it's usually my own life experiences that inspire me.

— Kat Edmonson

I started writing it, because it was seven years ago. But yes, that is the genesis of why I started writing.

— Natalie Dormer

Whatever inspiration comes to me; I always try to write about.

— Skip Marley

From when I was a kid I wanted to write. It was so important to me that I was writing my own material.

— Emeli Sande

The inspiration to write? Perhaps it's not so much inspiration, as a NEED to write. I get itchy and guilty and dissatisfied when I…

— Eric Brown

Initially I only decided to try and write a novel because I wasn't getting enough screenwriting work. It wasn't a long-held ambition, and certainly…

— Stef Penney

I thought of myself as a writer for years before I got around to writing anything.

— E. L. Doctorow

I didn't start writing so that I could more deeply know myself. I was bored of myself, my life, my childhood, my hometown. I…

— Julianna Baggott

From the beginning, when I first got an idea for a story and wondered if I could write it, it has always been the…

— Jean M. Auel

I always felt my writing could benefit from the attention of established writers. I knew my work could grow and be better.

— Uwem Akpan

In my youth, I found that I was quite often inspired and pushed forward by what I read.

— Peter Davison

I don't wait for inspiration. Writing is my job.

— Gail Carson Levine