Writing Quotes
The hardest period for a writer is the period in-between writing. That’s when you can go crazy if you don’t allow the creative juices to flow.
Ice CubeIce Cube A lot of writers come from Harvard and such, and are rich, and they write under the misapprehension that poor people are stupid. So when they do write them, they are hillbillies or rednecks or Christian idiots.
Norm MacDonaldNorm MacDonald But there are certain very practical things American Negro writers can do. And must do. There’s a song that says, “the time ain’t long.” That song is right. Something has got to change in America-and change soon. We must help that change to come.
Langston HughesLangston Hughes Poetry is not the thing said, but the way of saying it.
A. E. HousmanA. E. Housman You can’t be a proper writer without a touch of madness, can you?
Kate WinsletKate Winslet I love jotting down ideas for my blog, so I doodle or take notes on all kinds of stuff that inspires me: the people I meet, boutiques I visit, a florist that just gave me a great idea for an interior-design project, things like that.
Maria SharapovaMaria Sharapova The Devil writes down our sins – our Guardian Angel all our merits. Labor that the Guardian Angel’s book may be full, and the Devil’s empty.
John VianneyJohn Vianney You are your own scriptwriter and the play is never finished, no matter what your age or position in life.
Denis WaitleyDenis Waitley I know I write too many love poems, and perhaps this is me admitting that the love inside me is still there somewhere, stagnant – but its a cruel addiction. I need a intervention.
Emily KurcEmily Kurc We’re all just facilitators. The real business is done by readers.
John GreenJohn Green You can’t write poetry on the computer.
Quentin TarantinoQuentin Tarantino I hate government. I’m apolitical. Write that down. I’m not a Republican.
Bruce WillisBruce Willis There’s a secret that real writers know that wannabe writers don’t, and the secret is this: It’s not the writing part that’s hard. What’s hard is sitting down to write. What keeps us from sitting down is Resistance.
Steven PressfieldSteven Pressfield I regard writing not as an investigation of character but as an exercise in the use of language, and with this I am obsessed.
Evelyn WaughEvelyn Waugh Someday your pen will write a revolution. Until then, write your pain.
Fareena AliyaFareena Aliya An artist paints to forget while a poet writes to remember.
Laura ChouetteLaura Chouette