Quotes about Writing
I think the word 'blog' is an ugly word. I just don't know why people can't use the word 'journal.'
— Moby
if newspapers were written by people whose sole object in writing was to tell the truth about politics and the truth about art we should not believe in war, and we should believe in art.
— Virginia Woolf
Yes, there is a Nirvanah; it is leading your sheep to a green pasture, and in putting your child to sleep, and in writing the last line of your poem
— Khalil Gibran
The page is long, blank, and full of truth. When I am through with it, it shall probably be long, full, and empty with words.
— Jack Kerouac
Twitter is not just for Journalists. You don't have to be a writer to Tweet.[Social Media]
— Germany Kent
The four rules of writing... 1. Write to discover. 2. There is no greater discovery than love. 3. All love comes from the Creator. 4. Write what you will.
— Ted Dekker
Live to discover, as long as discovery leads to a love that comes from the Creator... writing was the mirror to life.
— Ted Dekker
My life often feels like a whirling dervish of kids, writing, speaking, and pastoral ministry.
— Kevin DeYoung
All my books are very spiritual. I started out writing what was most natural to me, many years ago, which is religious, because I grew up in the jungle, the son of missionaries. I want to know, is God real? What's a priest's role?
— Ted Dekker
Every sentence spoken by Napoleon, and every line of his writing, deserves reading, as it is the sense of France.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson
The proper definition of a man is an animal that writes letters.
— Lewis Carroll
There's nothing sacred about the book you've written. The Bible says there's safety in a multitude of counselors. The movie is the movie, and the book is the book. They're different critters, and each must stand on their own merits.
— Frank Peretti