I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn. – Anne Frank
Not all pens can write well.
If I waited for perfection I would never write a word. – Margaret Atwood
Writing is the painting of the voice.
The worst thing you write is better than the best thing you did not write.
Good writing is clear thinking made visible. – Bill Wheeler
The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say. – Anais Nin
A writer should write what he has to say and not speak it. – Ernest Hemingway
Writing a long email is easy; Writing a short one is hard. – Shane Parrish
A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit. – Richard Bach
First drafts don’t have to be perfect. They just have to be written.
By virtue of writing we convey vital knowledge to those still to come…long after we’ve left… – Adiela Akoo
I meant to write about death, only life came breaking in as usual – Virginia Woolf
If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it. – Toni Morrison
An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate. – Francois- Rene de Chateaubriand
The best thing about being a writer is having the capacity to touch the heart of another being with your words. – Adiela Akoo
Writing helps you think because it gives you nowhere to hide. – Shane Parrish
Pen is the tongue of mind. – Horace
A writer, like an athlete, must ‘train’ every day. What did I do today to keep in ‘form’? – Susan Sontag
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
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. – Maya Angelou
No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader. – Robert Frost
If a writer is daydreaming, leave them be. They could be plotting their next great story. – Graeme Roberts
Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it. – J. K. Rowling
It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure. – Horace
You might not write well everyday, but you can always edit a bad page. You can’t edit a blank page. – Jodi Picoult
Nothing leads so straight to futility as literary ambitions without systematic knowledge. – H.G. Wells
I write for the same reason I breathe – because if I didn’t I would die. – Isaac Asimov
Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. – E.L. Doctorow
Tears are words that need to be written. – Paulo Coelho
I’m all in favor of keeping dangerous weapons out of the hands of fools. Let’s start with typewriters. – Frank Lloyd Wright
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. – W. Somerset Maugham
Writing enables us to leave our mark on the world and reach into the future. – Adiela Akoo
The pen, they say, is mightier than the sword, having the capacity to change narratives and landscapes. As writers, we have a moral responsibility to leave the world a better place. – Adiela Akoo
The key to great writing is ordinary words and simple sentences. – Shane Parrish
The best way to improve your ability to think is to spend large chunks of time thinking. One way to force yourself to slow down and think is to write. Good writing requires good thinking. Writing gives poor thinking nowhere to hide. A lack of understanding becomes visible. – Shane Parrish
Writing without responsibility is like taking out your cloths in public and begging people to not look at you. – M.F.Moonzajer
If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a book. – Shereen El Feki
Half of writing history is hiding the truth. – Joss Whedon
Writing reveals what thinking conceals. – Shane Parrish
Don’t be ‘a writer’. Be writing. – William Faulkner
You are currently going through my best friend. Please be considerate and respectful of my diary.
Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things, you’re doomed. – Ray Bradbury
If you want to think about something, write it out. – Shane Parrish
You can make anything by writing. – C.S. Lewis
Writing is something you do alone. It’s a profession for introverts who want to tell you a story but don’t want to make eye contact while doing it. – John Green
Writing keeps you honest by revealing your understanding or lack of it. – Shane Parrish
A writer is nothing without a reader; a reader is nothing without a writer. – Anthony Liccione
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. – Benjamin Franklin
Writing is an extreme privilege but it’s also a gift. It’s a gift to yourself and it’s a gift of giving a story to someone. – Amy Tan
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