Writing Quote by Stephen King

Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open. Your stuff starts out being just for you, in other words, but then it…

— Stephen King

I'm the sort of writer who likes to leave doors open for readers.

— Kameron Hurley

“Write and keep writing, not because people will like it, but because someone may get a kick out of thrashing your book.”

— Magus Tor

“If you wish to be a writer– then write, and don’t allow anyone to tell you that you’re on the ‘wrong’ path. You know…

— M. Kirin

“Writers write for the same reason readers read. We want to know how it ends, too.”

— Robynn Tolbert

You just have to keep getting out of your own way so that whatever it is that wants to be written can use you…

— Anne Lamott

“Remember this, if you have written a couple dozen short stories and sold them to national markets, the chances are you know as much…

— William Campbell Gault

Writing is like a bird-watcher watching for birds: the stories are there: you just have to train yourself to look for them.

— Barbara Mertz

We write to expose the unexposed. Most human beings are dedicated to keeping that one door shut. But the writer's job is to see…

— Anne Lamott

“You're writing, you're coasting, and you're thinking, 'This is the best thing I've ever written, and it's coming so easily, and these characters are…

— Jacqueline Woodson

“Well, if you want to be a writer, you’re going to have to start letting people read your stuff, you know.”

— Kellie McAllen

“Writing should be a little bit grainy, it should be a little bit raw. It should be every single thing flowing inside of us,…

— Gregory Sherl