Saying that writing is my passion is an understatement. I live for it. I live it. I love it.
But just because I breathe words for a living doesn’t mean writing comes easy for me. There are days when I cannot write. Not because I don’t want to but because I simply can’t. And it is in days like these that I drown myself in inspiration whether in reading or doing something creative.
One of which is reading inspirational quotes about writing. These 38 quotes are not just any other quotes. These words are engraved in my life and hopefully they will inspire you to write too.
“Why waste a sentence saying nothing?” – Seth Godin
“Writing isn’t about using big words to impress. It’s about using simple words in an impressive way.” – Sierra Bailey
“You can’t write if you can’t relate.” – Beck
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” – Stephen King
“The easy, conversational tone of good writing comes only on the eighth rewrite.” – Paul Graham
“Nothing is particularly hard if you divide it into small jobs.” – Henry Ford
“What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.” – Samuel Johnson
“To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing.” – Elbert Hubbard
“We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” – Anaïs Nin
“Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space.” – Orson Scott Card
“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” – Toni Morrison
“Make the prospect a more informed buyer with content.” – Robert Simon
“To be momentous, create content with purpose.” – Russell Sparkman
“Sometimes a person needs a story more than food to stay alive.” – Barry Lopez
“Blocks usually stem from fear of being judged. If you imagine the world is listening, you’ll never write a line.” – Erica Jong
“Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that diet have very pleasant careers.” – Ray Bradbury
“Here’s the thing: The book that will most change your life is the book you write.” – Seth Godin
“Content should ask people to do something and reward them for it.” – Lee Odden
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou
“If content is King, context is God.” – Gary Vaynerchuk
“Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.” – Benjamin Franklin
“Like most—maybe all— writers, I learned to write by writing and, by example, by reading books.” – Francine Prose
“Life’s most persistent and urgent question is, ‘What are you doing for others?” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.” – Richard Bach
“The only thing you absolutely need to know is the location of the library.” – Albert Einstein
“I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more than living, for it is being conscious of living.” – Anne Morrow Lindbergh
“Write drunk; edit sober.” – Ernest Hemingway
“Start writing, no matter what. The water doesn’t flow until the faucet is turned on.” – Louis L’amour
“If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it.” – Elmore Leonard
“Write your first draft with your heart. Rewrite with your head.” — Mike Rich
“Writing is easy. You only need to stare at a blank piece of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.” – Gene Fowler
“Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.” — Stephen King
“Never write anything that does not give you great pleasure. Emotion is easily transferred from the writer to the reader.” – Joseph Joubert
“Start before you’re ready.” — Steven Pressfield
“In utter loneliness a writer tries to explain the inexplicable.” – John Steinbeck
“Easy reading is damn hard writing.” – Nathaniel Hawthorne
“Write so that people can hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart” – Maya Angelou
“If you wish to be a writer, write.” – Epictetus
