Best 1050 quotes in «writer quotes» category

On a related note, I think for many of us, the first step in becoming a good writer is to write crap. In all seriousness, none of us are born knowing how to write. Almost all of us will produce a lot of really lousy stories before we start to get good. (Not all of us will choose to publish those lousy stories, but that's a whole separate discussion...)

One of his hands move away from my face to flatten against my back, pulling me closer to him as he deepens the kiss. He parts my lips under his as my mind seems to sign quietly in content. I kiss him back as fiercely as he kisses me, unable to control the infatuation that rushes through me - feeling almost like fireworks. Not so careful anymore. Little shivers of urgency shoot through me. I push off the window, pressing closer to him. The rush of sensation that is coursing through me feels like I've drunk a gallon of coffee. It feels like an electric buzz is flooding between us.

One of the hardest things for a writer to do is delete words.

One sentence can make a difference, and the writer of that sentence can be you.

On every page, confidence fights with self-doubt. Every sentence is an act of faith. Why would anybody want to do it?

Only a writer can ride a time machine and change the future when he is not there.

Opasni su ljudi koji vam se smeju bez osmeha na licu.

Orang-orang besar tumbuh bersama keputusan-keputusan besar yang diambilnya. Bukan oleh kemudahan-kemudahan hidup yang didapatnya.

Our greatest strength as writers lies in giving up our own insecurities and finding courage to fill the empty pages.

Only after a writer lets literature shape her can she perhaps shape literature. In working-class France, when an apprentice got hurt, or when he got tired, the experienced workers said, "It is the trade entering his body." The art must enter the body, too.

Only the writers can change or fix the past by going back to edit old works

Only you can change your own world. No one else.

On Twitter, people who had read my book followed me and I could see what else they were reading, why they'd liked what I'd written and by the by, more about them than I'd ever elicit from two minutes in a tent at a book festival, stuck behind a signing desk.

...originality is little more than the fine blending of influences.

Originality is not writing the story that has never been told, but writing the stories only you can tell.

Oscar Wilde is one of the people that I would have most liked to know. I'm sure I would have liked him a lot.

Other than artistes, most people never realize the joys of insanity!

Pain writes the words, sorrow wields the pen, tears wet the paper, and the story mends the heart.

Part of my soul goes into each quote I write. A book of my quotes can be yours for just $19.99.

Passion in every word I wrote, passion in every single thought.

[Patricia Highsmith] was a figure of contradictions: a lesbian who didn't particularly like women; a writer of the most insightful psychological novels who, at times, appeared bored by people; a misanthrope with a gentle, sweet nature.

Penguatan budaya literasi adalah kunci memajukan negeri ini.

People add color to their story because they think it happened in black and white.

People don't believe me when I tell them I'm a magician who makes portals to other worlds. So I tell them I'm a writer instead.

People don’t remember lessons. They remember stories.

People say I have a wild imagination. I actually don't. You see, what I do consists in analyzing the patterns of a peculiar form of stupidity that emerges from the head of most I interact with, especially when dealing with groups; the same patterns that make their life boring and dramatic, full of problems and stress. And then, I merge and recombine that into a beautiful multicolored ball that I throw back at them in the form of a joke or a lie that makes them laugh. But I didn't really create it; I merely gave a positive use to their own nonsense. And they love it. And yet, they always think I am the crazy one, the one with the wild imagination. But I am just an artist. I can only be creative by using the colors and forms given to me through observation. If I am good at everything I do with art, as with jokes, is because I am a good artist.

People who label erotica writers as sluts/men-whores remind me of the mob that once condemned smart women as witches. Mankind has not evolved much.

People wonder at the romantic lives of poets and artists, but they should rather wonder at their gift of expression. The occurrences which pass unnoticed in the life of the average man in the existence of a writer of talent are profoundly interesting. It is the man they happen to that makes their significance.

Perfectly written isn't human, exact replicas aren't flawless and thinking you have to achieve them all is futile. Seek to write and create what deeply moves you and only then will the words and work you create feel perfectly flawless.

Percayalah, ada Tuhan di hatimu yang terdalam. Di sana, tinggal lah suara-suara yang kan menuntunmu pada surga dan kesuksesan. Jangan pernah rela diperdaya oleh keadaan. Jangan pernah menjadi bodoh dan tumbang oleh omongan orang. Temui hatimu. Temui jalan hidupmu.

Poetry is and should not be explained It’s not a theory not a formula or a set pattern It’s a labyrinth of reflection with no source of image

Poetry is jealous of you tonight, for as soon as I come to pen a few words, your perfume attacks me in the most civilised manner and I forget myself. I forget the poem. I forget the ...

Poetry is the yearning of the soul to break free!

Poets write for an audience. And when the audience is soulful and sensitive to understand the nuances and subtleties of poetry then writing and reading the lines of your poetry becomes a pleasure!

Poezija je nekontrolisano ispoljavanje emocija.

Pretend you're not spending $3 to read one of my books but buying me a coffee and having a conversation about yourself.

Pull back the curtain and jump down the rabbit hole.

Over-mastered by some thoughts, I yeelded an inckie tribute unto them.

Putting pen to paper without first deciding the route and pace at which to scribe is like setting off on a bicycle without first checking the tyres.

Quando sei preda dell'ispirazione... Ruggisci.

Rain's pouring and it's too cold. All people bored and I even accord What to do but spell a tale told: So once upon a time a land in the shore...

Quotes are echos of voices transporting wisdom, humor, and love. Returning again to the human condition, fleeting once more as a dove.

Rarely will I write indoors, even if it means getting wet during rain, or my hands numb in winter.

Rain storms are destructive and renewing, I want to turn my bad days into rain storms.

Real men do not work for fame. That is what I think. Popularity is just a piece of crap. I prefer a private life.

Reading is only a pretext for our bodies to stick together, like a sculpture, fused in a way that when trying to separate one from other, or the work remains intact or is completely lost

Realize that by hurting your own characters, you are not a sadist. You are not deliberately hurting your loved ones merely to watch them suffer. You’re giving a gift. You’re helping them grow and develop. Your characters take on deeper meaning to become more alive on your pages. They’ll become real.

Real men don’t kiss with the gentleness of a butterfly’s wing.

Passionate attraction to someone of the opposite sex will make a hero or a fool of a novelist each time.

Regardless of the horrors one endures, a true writer always values humanity over revenge and peace over war. "If a writer says that he wants to kill others, the he is not a writer," Asmaa said.