INSPIRATIONAL QUOTES ABOUT WRITING

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“Write what disturbs you, what you fear, what you have not been willing to speak about. Be willing to be split open.” – Natalie Goldberg

“In writing, you must kill all your darlings.” – William Faulkner

“Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” – Louis L’Amour

“To write is human, to edit is divine.” – Stephen King

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” – Maya Angelou

“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.” – Terry Pratchett

“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” – Toni Morrison

“Writing is both mask and unveiling.” – E.B. White

“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.” – Gustave Flaubert

“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” – William Wordsworth

“You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Write hard and clear about what hurts.” – Ernest Hemingway

“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” – Sylvia Plath

“The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.” – Anais Nin

“There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it’s like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.” – Ernest Hemingway

“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” – Thomas Mann

“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” – Anton Chekhov

“Write while the heat is in you. The writer who postpones the recording of his thoughts uses an iron which has cooled to burn a hole with.” – Henry David Thoreau

“Writing is an exploration. You start from nothing and learn as you go.” – E. L. Doctorow

“The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better.” – Stephen King