We would like to share with you some of our favorite quotes about writing. We have found that such thoughts can be very inspirational, especially in times of writer's block and frustration. Enjoy!
"If one can write, anyone can. If two can, you can too!" - Nancy Sanders
"The difficulty of writing literature is not to write, but to write what you mean." - Robert Louis Stevenson
"Writing is making sense of life. You work your whole life and perhaps you've made sense of one small area." - Nadine Gordimer
"I don't like to write, but I love to have written." - Michael Kanin
"Writing is thinking on paper." - William Zinsser
"Write drunk. Edit sober." - Ernest Hemingway
"In order to write the book you want to write, you have to become the person you need to become to write the book." - Junot Diaz
"I am a writer who came from a sheltered life. A sheltered life can be daring as well. For all serious daring starts from within." - Eudora Welty
"Those who write are writers. Those who wait are waiters." - A. Lee Martinez
"All you have to do is put one word after another and remember how great it feels to be a writer." - Stephanie Lennox
"Don't try to be different. Just be good. To be good is different enough." - Arthur Freed
"Whether or not you write well, write bravely." - Bill Stout
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