Quotes about Writing
In the middle of that year I had a spectacular dream, and I wrote it down to tell my mother; we always did that, even though there's nothing as boring as listening to other people's dreams. That's
— Isabel Allende
'The Chronicles of Narnia' are war-determined stories. I do not think Lewis could have written well or truthfully if he had tried to avoid the reality of war.
— Stanley Hauerwas
I was a freelancer all through my twenties. I did about one story a month and I wanted to write fiction, so the stories that I would do were precursors to 'Sex and the City.'
— Candace Bushnell
That's correct, I flunked out of high school twice because I couldn't write.
— Robert Kiyosaki
Listen carefully to the feedback your readers give you. Dont write unless people want you to write, a lot of people write just because they want to write.
— Max Lucado
I don't have any desire to retire in the sense of not doing anything. As long as the Lord gives me strength I want to keep writing and keep preaching.
— Max Lucado
It's just that I can write something nice is what motivates me.
— Gautham Menon
I wrote my first novel because I wanted to read it.
— Toni Morrison
Everything I've ever done, in the writing world, has been to expand articulation, rather than to close it.
— Toni Morrison
The only way to own what I know is to write it and let you read it
— Toni Morrison
If there's a book you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
— Toni Morrison
If you find a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
— Toni Morrison