Writing Quote by Phoenix Elvis Nicholson

“Writers are compulsive liars desperately trying to tell themselves the truth.”

— Anthony Marais

“An author never lies. We do, however tend to speak in a fictional prose.”

— Carl Henegan

“Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot of difference. They don't have to make speeches. Just believing…

— Stephen King

“Moreover, liars write less than they speak.”

— Edouard Levé

“Writing is mostly a mind game. It’s about tricking yourself into becoming who you are. If you do this long enough, you begin to…

— Jeff Goins

“You can be a writer who doesn't read everyday. But you're not fooling anyone. It shows, rather embarrassingly, in your work.”

— Don Roff

“Writing is an act of ego, and you might as well admit it.”

— William Zinsser

“A writer writes to a great extent to be read (let's admire those who say they don't, but not believe them).”

— Albert Camus

“Don't fool yourself. Talking about writing is not the same as actually doing it.”

— Christy Hall

“Never believe a writer. Listen to them, by all means, but never believe them.”

— Stephen King

“Sometimes it's impossible to say certain things ... Writing is something needed by man to share experience.”

— Arnost Lustig

“Be true to the writer within you; tell the story you're dying to tell in exactly the way you wish to tell it, and…

— Richelle E. Goodrich