Quotes about writing

The pen is mightier than the sword. – Edward Bulwer-Lytton

Writing is the painting of the voice. – Voltaire

A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. – Thomas Mann

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

You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say. – F. Scott Fitzgerald

Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself. – Pat Conroy

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

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

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself. – Terry Pratchett

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

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple. – Jack Kerouac

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

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

Writing is an act of faith, not a trick of grammar. – E.B. White

Write drunk, edit sober. – Ernest Hemingway

Writing is the struggle to make sense of the world by putting words to the page. – James Patterson

Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those who do not write, compose or paint can manage to escape the madness. – Anne Sexton

Quotes about writing part 2

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. – Ray Bradbury

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

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else. – Gloria Steinem

Writing is both mask and unveiling. – E.B. White

A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit. – Richard Bach

Writing is an escape from a world that refuses to listen. – Unknown

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. – E.L. Doctorow

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

Ink and paper are sometimes passionate lovers, oftentimes brother and sister, and occasionally mortal enemies. – Emme Woodhull-Bäche

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the music the words make. – Truman Capote

Writing is a dance with the plausible. – Toni Morrison

Writing is my therapy. It keeps me whole and brings a sense of clarity to my fragmented thoughts. – Unknown

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

Writing is a way to make sense of a senseless world. – Unknown

Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards. – Robert A. Heinlein

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. – Isaac Asimov

Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted. – Jules Renard

Write hard and clear about what hurts. – Ernest Hemingway

I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. – Joss Whedon

The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe. – Gustave Flaubert

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

Writing is the painting of the voice. – Francois-Marie Arouet Voltaire

Writing is a way of life, a profession, a calling, a vocation, and an obsession. – Judy Blume

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

Writing is thinking on paper. – William Zinsser

I’m writing a first draft and reminding myself that I’m simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles. – Shannon Hale

Write because you want to, because you have something to say, and because someone out there needs to hear it. – Unknown

If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it. – Toni Morrison