Writing is hard. The process of trying to figure out what to write and the right way to write it can make a person go a little crazy, but thankfully, the art of writing has been around long enough that there is no shortage of inspiring and encouraging advice to keep pushing us along.

"If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." - Toni Morrison

"There's no money in poetry, but then there's no poetry in money, either." - Robert Graves

"I'm writing a first draft and reminding myself that I'm simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles." - Shannon Hale

"Start writing, no matter what. The water doesn't flow unless the faucet is on." - Louis L'Amour

"I write to find what I have to say. I edit to figure out how to say it right." - Cheryl Strayed

"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at the typewriter and bleed." - Ernest Hemingway

"We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect." Anaïs Nin

"The scariest moment is always just before you start." - Stephen King

"I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn." - Anne Frank

"A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people." - Thomas Mann

"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart." - William Wordsworth

"A word after a word after a word is power." - Margaret Atwood

"You can make anything by writing." - C.S. Lewis

Hopefully, you can take these pieces of advice as reminders of why you do what you do and to keep moving forward.