Being Quote by Tom Wolfe

I had no ambition to be a writer because the books I read were too good, my standards were too high.

— Haruki Murakami

Being goal-oriented instead of self-oriented is crucial. I know so many people who want to be writers. But let me tell you, they really…

— Anonymous

Being a writer is great because you get to come up with stuff.

— Courtney A. Kemp

Being a writer is not the point. Writing is.

— Mohsin Hamid

If you have to find devices to coax yourself to stay focused on writing, perhaps you should not be writing what you're writing. And…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

The key to motivation is motive.

— Stephen Covey

It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating ones own creativity - thats a much tougher matter.

— Brian Aldiss

It is comparatively easy to become a writer; staying a writer, resisting formulaic work, generating one's own creativity - that's a much tougher matter.

— Brian Aldiss

There's only one good reason to be a writer-we can't help it! We'd all like to be rich, famous and successful, but if those…

— Anonymous

When people are inspired, they don't need motivation.

— Thomas Leonard

If I have any basic motivation, it's to inspire people to make their life a masterpiece.

— Marcel Wanders

While I do believe I become a technically better writer over time, in others ways writing gets harder because inspiration is finite.

— Steve Erickson