Writing Quotes
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 The future is completely open and we are writing it moment to moment.
Pema ChodronPema Chodron I think some aspects of writing can be taught. Obviously, you can’t teach vision or talent. But you can help with comfort.
Toni MorrisonToni Morrison What women say to lovers, you’ll agree, One writes on running water or on air.
CatullusCatullus I am a writer perhaps because I am not a talker.
Gwendolyn BrooksGwendolyn Brooks Who am I to write about love when I don’t know the very definition of it, It seems, love itself does not favor me.
JadeJade The music helped me sympathize with our young generation and also empathize with them. I’d like to create and write more music that represents them.
J-HopeJ-Hope Different people have different ways of doing things. For me, becoming a songwriter first and falling in love with the Nashville songwriting community and the process of songs and getting better and putting more in what I wanted to say, was absolutely vital in me even wanting to be an artist.
Kacey MusgravesKacey Musgraves 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 Short, sweet, and to the point. Clear writing, and therefore clear commands, comes from clear thinking. Think simple.
Tim FerrissTim Ferriss I’m gonna write from personal experience, from emotion, from whatever the hell I’m feeling that day.
Melanie MartinezMelanie Martinez Whatever extra there is in me at any given moment isn’t fully formed. I am hardly aware of it; it awaits the next book. It will – with luck – come to me during the actual writing, and it will take me by surprise
V.S. NaipaulV.S. Naipaul