Writing Quotes
For my best poems were all written when I felt the worst. When I was happy, I didn’t write anything.
Langston HughesLangston Hughes Write a short story every week. It’s not possible to write 52 bad short stories in a row.
Ray BradburyRay Bradbury A writer’s life and work are not a gift to mankind; they are its necessity.
Toni MorrisonToni Morrison You left me with nothing. But the gift to write the most beautiful sad poems.
Noor BazziNoor Bazzi If we are the trees, words are our roots; and we grow as we write.
Munia KhanMunia Khan Always dream and shoot higher than you know you can do, Try to be better than yourself.
John SteinbeckJohn Steinbeck Since day one, since the first time I touched the pen, I wanted to be the best at what I do.
Kendrick LamarKendrick Lamar Some who have read the book, or at any rate have reviewed it, have found it boring, absurd, or contemptible, and I have no cause to complain, since I have similar opinions of their works, or of the kinds of writing that they evidently prefer.
J. R. R. TolkienJ. R. R. Tolkien I don’t write because there’s an audience. I write because there is literature.
Susan SontagSusan Sontag I hated writing ‘Love Warrior.’ It’s the hardest thing I’ve every written. I cried.
Glennon DoyleGlennon Doyle All the poems of the poet who has entered into his poethood are poems of homecoming.
Martin HeideggerMartin Heidegger Life is a moderately good play with a badly written third act.
Truman CapoteTruman Capote I write most of my songs to beats. I play around on guitar, but not enough to where I can compose my own stuff or play solos. Can accompany myself cause most songs are, like, four chords.
KehlaniKehlani I find myself absolutely fulfilled when I have written a poem.
Sylvia PlathSylvia Plath If you were meant to cure cancer or write a symphony or crack cold fusion and you don’t do it, you not only hurt yourself, even destroy yourself. You hurt your children. You hurt me. You hurt the planet.
Steven PressfieldSteven Pressfield I had a friend who worked at a hospice, and he said people in their final moments don’t discuss their successes, awards or what books they wrote or what they accomplished. They only talk about their loves and their regrets, and I think that’s very telling.
Brad PittBrad Pitt