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20 Inspirational Quotes For All Of The Aspiring Writers

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you." -Maya Angelou

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To my fellow writers, enjoy.

1. "The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that perhaps, is what makes him different from others." -Leo C. Rosten


2. "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside of you." -Maya Angelou

3. "The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug." -Mark Twain

4. "You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write." -Saul Bellow

5. "We don't read and write poetry because it's cute. We read and write poetry because we are members of the human race. And the human race is filled with passion. And medicine, law, business, engineering - these are noble pursuits and necessary to sustain life. But poetry, beauty, romance, love - these are what we stay alive for." -John Keating


6. "One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple." -Jack Kerouac

7. "Writing is survival. Not to write, for many of us, is to die. You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you." -Ray Bradbury

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

9. "Writing is an underestimated art, you are painting colorful images in people's minds by using words of black and white." -Unknown

10. "A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer." -Karl Kraus

11. "Write your first draft with your heart. Re-write with your head." -Unknown

12. "A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end... but not necessarily in that order." -Jean-Luc Goddard

13. "Fiction is the truth inside the lie." -Stephen King

14. "The most beautiful things are those that madness prompts and reason writes." -Andre Gide

16. "You don't write because you want to say something; you write because you've got something to say." -F. Scott Fitzgerald

17. "Write what should not be forgotten." -Isabel Allende


18. "Every character should want something, even if it is only a glass of water." -Kurt Vonnegut

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

20. "I hate writing. I love having written." -Dorothy Parker

Continue to be inspired. Write. Create.

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