Ask yourself Quote by Yann Martel

As a writer, you have to first of all write what you want to. Listen to advice, by all means, but don't get bogged…

— Joe Abercrombie

Listen carefully to the feedback your readers give you. Dont write unless people want you to write, a lot of people write just because…

— Max Lucado

I want to write. I have always wanted to write. I do not care it I am not good at it. I just want…

— Mary Pipher

If you want to be a writer, just write. There's no magic to it.

— Albert Brooks

You have to relax, write what you write. It sounds easy but it's really, really hard. One of the things it took me longest…

— Diane Setterfield

Writing is like the relationship with your bowels. First you can, then you can't. Finally, you must. Only then should you reach for the…

— Howard Nemerov

Don't write what you think people want to read. Find your voice and write about what's in your heart.

— Quentin Tarantino

I write in a pretty straightforward way. I kind of sit down at page one and start writing.

— Zack Snyder

If you really want to write, then shut yourself in a room, close the door, and WRITE. If you don't want to write, do…

— Mary Garden

I’ve tried writing and the sentences come out fine, but I write a few pages and I don’t want to go on.

— Lawrence Block

Whatever you have a passion for, then you must do. If you want to write, write about something you know about.

— Jackie Collins

If you want to write, do two things - read lots of books and also, in your own writing, practise. Just write and write…

— Alexander McCall Smith