QUOTES TO INSPIRE WRITING

“Write until it becomes as natural as breathing. Write until not writing makes you anxious.” – Rainer Maria Rilke

“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” – Louis L’Amour

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” – Maya Angelou

“Write what should not be forgotten.” – Isabel Allende

“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.” – Terry Pratchett

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” – Stephen King

“A word after a word after a word is power.” – Margaret Atwood

“Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.” – Natalie Goldberg

“When writing the story of your life, don’t let anyone else hold the pen.” – Harley Davidson

“Write because you have something to say, not because you have to say something.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.” – E.L. Doctorow

“I write entirely to find out what I’m thinking, what I’m looking at, what I see and what it means.” – Joan Didion

“You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.” – Jack London

“Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” – E.L. Doctorow HIDING LOVE FEELINGS QUOTES

“Write what you know. Write what you want to know more about. Write what you’re afraid to write about.” – Cec Murphy

“The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it.” – Jules Renard

“Write hard and clear about what hurts.” – Ernest Hemingway

“Write what you love. Love what you write.” – Ray Bradbury

“The beautiful part of writing is that you don’t have to get it right the first time. Unlike, say, a brain surgeon.” – Robert Cormier

“I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I’m afraid of.” – Joss Whedon

“Every writer I know has trouble writing.” – Joseph Heller

“Writing is thinking too. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh

“To write means more than putting pretty words on a page; the act of writing is to share a part of your soul with the world.” – Mitzneriali

“The best time for planning a book is while you’re doing the dishes.” – Agatha Christie

“Writing is a way to talk without being interrupted.” – Jules Renard

“Write something that is worth reading or do something worth writing.” – Benjamin Franklin

“Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us.” – Don DeLillo