We've all got
something to say about Writing.
Here are just a few of the
favourite quotes on writing that The
Write Life compiled...
Write
Life Quotes Index
WRITING
WITH DETERMINATION
"Be a smart and
persistent writer, with
unflagging courage and
determination, and you can become
a published author."
(Anonymous)
"There's no stopping
destiny. You should want badly to
be a writer if you want to
write." (Becky Añonuevo on
a letter to Sheila Manuel)
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WRITING
STORIES
"(For) We
all have stories. And they must
be told. In telling our stories,
we affirm our selves, our very
being, and thereby the purpose of
our Creator and our lives."
(Sophy Burnham)
"If a
story is in you, it has got to
come out." (William
Faulkner)
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WRITING
WITH AN AUDIENCE
"Writing is communication,
not self-expression; nobody in
this world wants to read your
diary except your mother."
(Richard Peck)
"Generosity is the soul of
writing. You write to give
something to yourself. To your
reader. To God. You give thanks
for having been given the words.
You pray to be given words
another day." (Erica Jong)
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WRITING
LIFE
"All of us have to live more
than one life. Sculptors. Poets.
We all have to live two or three
lives at the very least."
(Robert Frost)
"Writing is not apart from
living. Writing is a kind of
double living. The writer
experiences everything twice: one
in reality and once more in the
mirror which waits always before
and behind him." (Donald
Murray)
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WRITING
WITH DISCIPLINE
"I don't wait for moods. You
accomplish nothing if you do
that. Your mind must know it has
got to get down to work."
(Pearl Buck)
"When you have nothing to
say, you write anyway, if only to
keep in practice." (Sophy
Burnham)
"The more a man writes, the
more he can write." (William
Hazlitt)
"If you wait for
inspiration, you're not a writer,
but a waiter." (Anonymous)
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