Writing From Famous Authors Quotes:
You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.
source: Jack London (2015). “Jack London on Adventure: Words of Wisdom from an Expert Adventurer”, p.5, Skyhorse Publishing, Inc.
topic: Funny, Witty, Life Changing, Creativeness, Creative People
The scariest moment is always just before you start.
topic: Travel, Writing, Confusing, Creative Artists, Creative Writing
There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.
topic: Inspirational, Moving On, Powerful, Novel Writing, Courage To Change
topic: Life, Sad, Creativity, Self-doubt, Improvising
Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
topic: Inspirational, Moon, Glasses, Inspiration To Write, Broken Glass
Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it's the only way you can do anything good.
topic: Inspiring, Writing, May, Inspiration And Creativity, Inspiration To Write
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.
topic: Writing, Bad Ass, Typewriters, Inspiration To Write, Starting To Write
topic: Writing, Editors, Crafts, Cursing, Creative Writing
The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress.
topic: Writing, Progress, Hell, Swedish, Inspiration To Write
source: Quoted in Reader's Digest, Sept. 1949. According to Nigel Rees, Cassell's Humorous Quotations, the following appeared in Punch in 1924: " 'It took me nearly ten years to learn that I couldn't write.' 'I suppose you gave it up then?' 'Oh, no! By that time I had a reputation established.' " The issue referred to by Rees is 6 Feb., and the cartoonist is R. Curry.
topic: Time, Work, Writing, Inspiration To Write, Successful Writing
topic: Block, Writing, California, Writing Fiction, Writer's Block
Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words.
topic: Writing, Confusing, Easy, Great Writing, Writing Advice
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
topic: Inspirational, Success, Reading, Social Media Marketing, Either Or
The road to hell is paved with leeks and potatoes
topic: Potatoes, Hell, Swedish, Inspiration To Write, Writing Fiction
The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
source: Statement on April 14, 1775. "Life of Samuel Johnson". Book by James Boswell. Volume II, 1791.
topic: Wisdom, Writing, Procrastination, Swedish, Inspiration To Write
Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
topic: Writing, Salt, Please, Exorcism, Writing From Famous Authors
topic: Writing, Journey, Night, Novel Writing, Learning How To Write
Easy reading is damn hard writing.
topic: Reading, Writing, Easy, Journal Writing, Inspiration To Write
I can’t write five words but that I change seven.
source: Dorothy Parker, Stuart Y. Silverstein (2009). “Not Much Fun: The Lost Poems of Dorothy Parker”, p.47, Simon and Schuster
topic: Writing, Revision, Seven, Great Writing, Writing By Writers
First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow him.
topic: Hero, Writing, Firsts, Inspiration To Write, Great Writing
All the information you need can be given in dialogue.
topic: Writing, Needs, Information, Writing From Famous Authors
Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere.
topic: Writing, Effort, Needs, Starting To Write, Great Writing
There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either.
source: Robert Graves, Frank L. Kersnowski (1989). “Conversations with Robert Graves”, p.71, Univ. Press of Mississippi
topic: Money, Writing, Poetry, Novel Writing, Writing Poetry
topic: Time, Powerful, Book, Library Research, Inspiring Writing
topic: Art, Lying, Book, Famous Writers, Art Of Writing
Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.
topic: People, Trying, Want, Creative People, Inspiration And Creativity
topic: Business, Writing, Thinking, Novel Writing, Inspiration To Write
The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.
topic: Inspirational Life, Memorable, Writing, Inspiration To Write, Creative Writing
topic: Life, Being Alone, Writing, Creative People, Inspiration To Write
Read, read read. Read everything.
topic: Writing, Famous Writers, Writers Reading, Inspiring Writing, Reading And Writing
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.
topic: Hero, Book, Reading, Novel Writing, Writing Advice
Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen.
topic: Writing, Age, Fifteen, Inspiration To Write, Writing Advice
Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything.
topic: Sorry, Writing, Fiction, Writing By Writers, Writing Short
topic: Lying, Writing, Stories, Novel Writing, Story Writers
The road to Hell is paved with unbought stuffed dogs.
source: Ernest Hemingway (2016). “The Sun Also Rises”, p.37, Hamilton Books
topic: Dog, Writing, Sisterhood, Swedish, Inspiration To Write
topic: Writing, Individual, Type, Writing Fiction, Famous Writers
I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.
topic: Believe, Writing, Crafts, Scissors, Written Language
The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar things new.
topic: Writing, Two, Familiar, Inspiration To Write, Writers Reading
If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
topic: Inspirational, Happiness, Attitude, Joy Of Reading, Creative Writing
If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write.
topic: Writing, Caring, Tools, Novel Writing, Creative Writing
topic: Running, People, Lasts, Writing By Writers, Famous Writers
topic: Writing, Hands, Ashamed, Famous Writers, Writing From Famous Authors