Life Quote by Haruki Murakami

“Life is just a blank slate, what matters most is what you write on it.”

— Christine Frankland

“Focus on writing first.”

— Lyra Parish

“Most days, writing simply requires work-ethic, discipline, clarity, focus, time. Other days...it will demand absolutely everything of you.”

— Christy Hall

“Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing anything else.”

— Gloria Steinem

“I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being concious of living.”

— Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“It's a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life. Read more at”

— Amy Tan

“Of course, I tried to surround myself with other people like me whose dream of writing was a constant burden....”

— Gerard Olson

“Writing is the easiest thing in the world NOT to do.”

— Leigh Goodison

“When you are writing, you must treat it as the most important thing in the world, even when you know it is not. This…

— John Steinbeck

“Writing isn’t my life…it’s a lovely part of my life... but it’s not my life. My life is family, friends, fishing, food…things like reading…

— Keri Hulme

“Fine writing, next to doing nothing, is the best thing in the world.”

— John Keats

“For many writers the goal is a thousand words a day. For me, just give me one thought, and the words will take care…

— Garry Fitchett