Writing Quotes
When you write a song like ‘Forrest Gump,’ the subject can’t be androgynous. It requires an unnecessary amount of effort.
Frank OceanFrank Ocean I feel, as a songwriter, it’s one of the hardest things to do – to sit down and say how you feel.
Bruno MarsBruno Mars When you’re writing you’re trying to find out something which you don’t know.
James BaldwinJames Baldwin I know many books which have bored their readers, but I know of none which has done real evil.
VoltaireVoltaire Creative expression, whether that means writing, dancing, bird-watching, or cooking, can give a person almost everything that he or she has been searching for: enlivenment, peace, meaning, and the incalculable wealth of time spent quietly in beauty.
Anne LamottAnne Lamott A reading man and woman is a ready man and woman, but a writing man and woman are exact.
Marcus GarveyMarcus Garvey You meditate and you got the candles, you got the incense and you’ve been chanting, and all of a sudden you hear this voice: ‘Write this down’
Carlos SantanaCarlos Santana Music is my passion so I feel like I’ll be doing this for a long time and God forbid if anything happens I’ll still write music.
Justin BieberJustin Bieber The shame of being a man – is there any better reason to write?
Gilles DeleuzeGilles Deleuze As a writer, as a creator, I’m giving you my experiences. But just take what I give you. You ain’t got to pry beyond that.
Frank OceanFrank Ocean I feel terribly vulnerable and ‘not-myself’ when I’m not writing.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.
Napoleon BonaparteNapoleon Bonaparte The thing about writing is I can’t tell if it’s healing or destroying.
Rupi KaurRupi Kaur The most extraordinary thing about writing is that when you’ve struck the right vein, tiredness goes. It must be an effort, thinking wrong.
Virginia WoolfVirginia Woolf He is careful of what he reads, for that is what he will write. He is careful of what he learns, for that is what he will know.
Annie DillardAnnie Dillard Learn how to meditate on paper. Drawing and writing are forms of meditation. Learn how to contemplate works of art. Learn how to pray in the streets or in the country. Know how to meditate not only when you have a book in your hand but when you are waiting for a bus or riding in a train.
Thomas MertonThomas Merton