Every day Quote by Haruki Murakami

“Being a good writer meant he could make a living and do as he chose. Being a great one would bring responsibilities and expectations…

— Nora Roberts

“The truly great writer does not want to write. He wants the world to be a place in which he can live the life…

— Henry Miller

“Reading novels needs almost as much talent as writing them,' he used to say.”

— Anthony Powell

“Writing is physical work. It’s sweaty work. You can’t just will yourself to become a good writer. You really have to work at it.”

— Will Haygood

“As most real writers do, he wrote because he had something to say, not because of any specific ambition to be a writer.”

— James Hilton

“I'm certified as an instructor and I do teach courses at a cram school, but I'm not exactly a teacher. I write fiction, but…

— Haruki Murakami

“He was always being told that writers never become famous or rich, but of course that was not why he wrote, he wrote simply…

— Andrew James Pritchard

“He had no intention of writing. He loved reading, that was all. And he read books that he thought so far beyond anything that…

— Niall Williams

“An aspiring writer should write one time and edit ten times.”

— Amit Kalantri

“I've probably put my 10,000 hours into writing, but I believe writing well is also greatly influenced by certain intangibles like mood and inspiration.”

— Bill Loguidice

“No matter how much enthusiasm and effort you put into writing, if you totally lack literary talent you can forget about being a novelist.”

— Haruki Murakami

“Writing is my passion, not my job. I need to write as much as I need to breathe, if not more.”

— A.E. Croft