Ifs Quote by Sylvia Plath

A lot of people talk about writing. The secret is to write, not talk.

— Jackie Collins

I believe that, in an ideal world, writers would feel free to write what matters to them without having to consider success, failure, the…

— Claire Messud

Writing about writing is a bit like talking about a conversation you are having; it tends to obscure desperation about where the next word…

— Renata Adler

I am of the firm opinion that no one should tell writers what to do, or what to write, or how to write.

— Hisham Matar

Something about writing needs a sort of distance not to be involved as a writer - just something that makes it easier to write.…

— Lena Andersson

Writing is like breathing, it's possible to learn to do it well, but the point is to do it no matter what.

— Julia Cameron

If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!

— Jackie Collins

Writing is a form of talking, although writing is such an odd thing in and of itself. People go about it in such different…

— Errol Morris

I know writers for whom the act of writing is a necessary chore. They suffer to write great work. I am very lucky that…

— Denise Duhamel

Being a writer is not the point. Writing is.

— Mohsin Hamid

You like to write. It's the single most important quality for someone who wants to be a writer. But not in itself enough.

— Haruki Murakami

Writing is like anything else - the more you do it, the better you get at it, the easier it comes, and the less…

— Wayne Dyer