Writing Quote by Johnson C. Philip

“Talent is extremely common. What is rare is the willingness to listen to your mind and endure the life of the writer”

— Wahab Oriyomi Osuolale

“Writing is not a talent. It is an affliction.”

— Mike Engleman

“Writing is one of the loneliest of the arts; unlike the actor we have no immediate audience and must wait many long months, even…

— Bryan Forbes

“To sing a wrong note is insignificant, but to sing without passion is unforgivable.”

— Ludwig van Beethoven

“The worst thing you can do as a writer is waste people's time.”

— John Connolly

“writers shouldn’t spend all their time doing what they don’t enjoy. Instead, they need to do what they love. They need to write.”

— Jeff Goins

“Storytellers think they're writing for the audience. They're writing, in a way, to hurt the audience.”

— Chuck Wendig

“Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.”

— Jules Renard 1890

“No writer need feel sorry for himself if he writes and enjoys the writing, even if he doesn’t get paid for it.”

— Irwin Shaw

“Do not write to impress others. Authors who write to impress people have difficulty remaining true to themselves.”

— Guy Kawasaki

“The world is full of people who write poorly but passionately, and others who can put a sentence together but have no feeling behind…

— Kameron Hurley

“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