Quotes On Writing - A Collection of Famous Writers

Various Writers

"You might not write well every day, but you can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page." - Jodi Picoult

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"It does not matter how slowly you go as long as you don't stop." - Confucius

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"If you haven't cried at least once while writing a chapter of your inspirational book then you have to ask yourself if you're writing fiction." - Shannon L. Alder

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"Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon." - E. L. Doctorow

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"Write. Rewrite. When not writing or rewriting, read. I know of no shortcuts." - Larry L. King

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"Another mistake is presenting too much background information, and doing so in the first few pages. Writers should begin their stories with the event that kicks off the story, and then spoon - feed us background information only when it's needed to understand what's going on." - Evan Marshall

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"If you wait for inspiration to write, you're not a writer, you're a waiter." - Dan Poynter

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"A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit." - Richard Bach

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"Don't write to sell, write to tell." - Jonas Eriksson

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"To write something you have to risk making a fool of yourself." - Anne Rice

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"When writing your book think about different opportunities to upsell..." - Richard McMunn

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"If you find yourself asking yourself (and your friends) 'Am I really a writer? Am I REALLY an artist?' Chances are you are. The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death." - Steven Pressfield

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"Dreams are illustrations... from the book your soul is writing about you." - Marsha Norman

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"Be courageous and try to write in a way that scares you a little." - Holley Gerth

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"If your book doesn't keep you up rights when you are writing it, it won't keep anyone up nights reading it." - James A. Michener

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"Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things, you're doomed." - Ray Bradbury

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"Don't judge yourself by other's standards; develop your own. Don't get caught up in the trap of changing yourself to fit the world. The world has to change to fit you." - Berry Gordy

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"If you're going to be a writer, the first essential is to just write. Do not wait for an idea. Start writing something and the ideas will come. You have to turn on the faucet before the water starts to flow." - Louis L'Amour

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"The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say a brain surgeon." - Robert Cormier

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