Inspirational Quote by Patricia Hampl

Now I am a writer who can command fairly good payments from magazines with large circulations, I very often refuse to write for them…

— George Woodcock

“You can’t plan wars, don’t know how to cook, and refuse to write love letters,” I teased.”

— Kiera Cass

I refuse to write the same story twice. I keep experimenting. I keep learning how to work. I've been at it pretty much 50…

— Harlan Ellison

We only store in memory images of value. To write about one's life is to live it twice, and the second time is both…

— Patricia Hampl

That's why I write, because life never works except in retrospect. You can't control life, at least you can control your version.

— Chuck Palahniuk

I write about my life and the lives of people around me and situations, and the idea's for each record to try to make…

— Joshua Homme

The best time to write is when your life is in the toilet. Writing offers an escape from your problems, so if you force…

— Sabrina Jeffries

Having a point to start is important. You know that when you decide to write something it's like a commitment. It's like falling in…

— Isabel Allende

I don't write for any particular kind of person.

— Mary Wesley

Writers…born not in the Halls of Education…but in the fires of necessity. Masters not of prose, form, language, or a perceived command of the…

— Vladislas Nikilovic

Kids, if anything, are harder to write for because they are a more discerning audience. They will not stay with you if you go…

— Rick Riordan

Some writers say they cannot write in front of a window; many say they cannot function without almost perfect quiet. A writer with only…

— Gene Wolfe