Writers On Writing Quotes
Putting a piece of you in your protagonist adds depth and merges the worlds of fiction and reality.
What compels me to write now is the same as all those years ago. It is the love of writing and storytelling, driven by a desire to escape.
Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite:"Fool!" said my muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write.
We will read books together inside the blanket and stay warm. And keep writing poetry in our respective journals. Time will fly but we will still remain inside the blanket forever.
The obscure, unexplainable aspect of the writing process is about how some rhymes appear in your head. It often feels more like tuning in to some kind of channel than composing words in your mind.
Having authored numerous and pretty versatile write-ups, I can’t say that anything other than my soul, heart and life experience can be called a prominent part of every book I ever wrote
Writing fiction or nonfiction is a lonely battle wrestling with sentences in an effort to put together an intelligible thought that speaks for the author.
There is a fine line between fair criticism and jealous assault.
As with writing by candlelight, one’s greatest ideas come from ‘the flickering’ between darkness and light.
You don't have to take it out on my typewrite ya' know. It's not the machine's fault that you can't write. It's a sin to do that to a good machine.
Souls are more important than stories, yes. But stories are a window to the soul. Without stories, the soul suffocates.
They always tell you to do what you love. But they forget to add that writing doesn't pay by the hour.
You're never as good a writer as you think you are, and you're never as bad. Just keep reading and writing, writing, writing.
I'm often dismayed by the sludge I see appearing on my screen if I approach writing as a task--the day's work--and not with some enjoyment.
...being "rather unique" is no more possible than being rather pregnant.
There’s really only one good writing habit: You must write constantly.
Write what you wish with your soul and your heart will fill the page with your unique magic.
Getting started on writing a book isn't as hard as it sounds. You don't need a plan and an outline. In fact, all you need are two things: time and one idea.
In politics, the pen is at its heaviest because it is weighed down by the collective responsibility it holds towards its people and their future in the eyes of the world.
Just being a writer allows one the maturity to have random conversations with random strangers!
I don't care about wearing branded clothes or flaunting brands. But I do care about the books that I read and the music that I listen to.
I know not what it is about you that makes me go crazy but I do know that the radiance in your eyes is more dazzling than that in all the diamonds of this world!
I know not what it is about you that makes me go crazy but I do know that the fragrance of your skin is more sublime than that of all the perfumes of this world!
I closed my eyes, took a deep breath and dived deeply into her ocean of love and that's how I saved my soul!
Life is truly lived only when we discover other faiths, festivals, languages and cultures.
In retrospect we can only be thankful to all the mistakes that we made and to all the lessons that we learned from them!
And you must not worry about me. You must follow your dreams. You have your life ahead of you. I am just a wanderer passing by.
A writer of any merit does not worry about being accepted everywhere. He must write to inspire, to change for the better or to challenge the status quo!
Looking at old photographs inundates you with a flood of nostalgic emotions! And you can't be sure where you want to swim in the deluge of memories!
I love the smell of coffee when I wake up in the morning. It gives me the awesome feeling of hope!
A writer's role was never just to tell stories, but to create a world to encompass and share with others.
He looked at the blue sky above and the green grass below and he knew he would always love this world!
Writers do not have the privilege of sleep. There is always a story coming alive in their heads, constantly composing. Whether they choose it or not.
When the vision fills your brain and passion hits your gut, the need to write it down cannot be stifled. (Marti Melville)
When the vision fill yours mind and passio hits your gut, the need to write it down cannot be stifled.
A world that does not love, respect and protect its Women is doomed to perish! Because Women are Mother Earth!
