Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open. – Stephen King
No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader. – Robert Frost
A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which, can supply the lack of the others. – William Faulkner
The best fame is a writer’s fame. It’s enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough to get you interrupted when you eat. – Fran Lebowitz
You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we’re doing it. – Neil Gaiman
It is when I struggle to be brief that I become obscure. – Horace
I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions. – James A. Michener
Every time I am alone, a pen and a book are my best friends.
Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. – E.L. Doctorow
Writing enables us to leave our mark on the world and reach into the future. – Adiela Akoo
Easy reading is damn hard writing. – Nathaniel Hawthorne
I hate writing, I love having written. – Dorothy Parker
If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that. – Stephen King
Don’t be ‘a writer’. Be writing. – William Faulkner
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. – W. Somerset Maugham
If you really want to know yourself, start by writing a book. – Shereen El Feki
The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart. – Maya Angelou
Writing without responsibility is like taking out your cloths in public and begging people to not look at you. – M.F.Moonzajer
There are different rules for reading, for thinking, and for talking. Writing blends all three of them. – Mason Cooley
Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader. – Joseph Joubert
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