Writers Inspirational Quotes & Sayings

Humans need each other for equilibrium and support. But writers must pull aside to take a quiet walk alone, not just for the sake of serenity but to hear the Voice inside. That is how the storyteller connects with with others--listen, write, share. — Patricia Hickman

When we hear our souls speak, we are free. — A.D. Posey

Don't confuse the darkness that's leaving with the light that's coming in. — A.D. Posey

All writers start out writing badly, but with diligence and determination, we all get better. It's then that writing becomes truly fun and always engaging. When you no longer have to worry about how you write, you can start thinking about what to write. — Theo Fenraven

When I told my teachers I wanted to be a writer, alot of them encouraged me to lower my expectations and to be more realistic. So I rode away on my magical, winged horse, spraying faerie dust behind me, and laughing manically as I went. — M.E. Vaughan

Make your writing memorable. — A.D. Posey

Style jazzes up your canvas. — A.D. Posey

The world is a woven basket. Every stitch counts. — A.D. Posey

It's our decisions, not our conditions, that ultimately shape the quality of our lives. — Derric Yuh Ndim

We nurture the candle flames that show the way ahead. We are guerrillas of the word, unsung heroes breathing softly on the embers of the human mind, so that they might re-ignite the hearths around which we once found safe haven. The book is the Light and the Life. — Mark Cantrell

If I look closely, I bet I could see my own past, lying on the floor somewhere between the ancient jukebox and the pool table. — Kol Anderson

Reading sparks writing. — A.D. Posey

It's a great paradox and a great injustice that writers write because we fear death and want to leave something indestructable in our wake, and at the same time, are drawn to things that kill: whiskey and cigarette, unprotected sex and deep fried burritos.
It's true that you can get away with drinking and smoking and sunbathing when you're in your teens and twenties, and it's true that rock stars are free to die at twenty-nine, but a lit star needs a long life. — Ariel Gore

I close my eyes and think of what might be possible. And, in my mind, I see fireworks over the Hudson. — Christy Hall

The more of those little light bulbs that can turn on the better. Eventually you'll have enough to light up a movie screen. — A.D. Posey

Creativity is divine. — A.D. Posey

If you are trying to decide among a few people to fill a position hire the best writer. it doesn't matter if the person is marketer, salesperson, designer, programmer, or whatever, their writing skills will pay off. That's because being a good writer is about more than writing clear writing. Clear writing is a sign of clear thinking. great writers know how to communicate. they make things easy to understand. they can put themselves in someone else's shoes. they know what to omit. And those are qualities you want in any candidate. Writing is making a comeback all over our society ... Writing is today's currency for good ideas. — Jason Fried

Literary censorship should not be necessary within the parameters of the law because it's simply a reflection of prevailing social prejudices!

Writing should challenge and change prevailing ideas - churning the guts and ruffling feathers of friends, family and society. Antagonizing is a product of open writing. Expecting less is resignation and stagnation that slides the art into the status-quo.

Writing needs the wider view that shows the causality of our prevailing social prejudice - and shakes at its foundation.

Writers spare us no less and please leave your praise and oppugn to Christopher Hitchens. — Jack Tar

To inspire is revealing the unpolished bits before perfection. — Gloria D. Gonsalves

As for 'too much description,' well, opinions differ. We write the books we want to read. And I want to read books that are richly textured and full of sensory detail, books that make me feel as if I am experiencing a story, not just reading it. Plot is only one aspect of telling a tale, and not the most important one. It is the journey that matters, not how fast you arrrive at the destination.
That's my view, anyway. Others writers differ, of course. There are hundreds of books where everything is subordinate to advancing the plot, some of them quite fine, but my work has never been about that, and never will be. — George R R Martin

Writers are sponges. They absorb life, then squeeze and ring it out onto a page. Sometimes, if they squeeze too hard, they dry up. Not hard enough and they remain saturated, heavy and unpredictable, as they carry around a volume of ideas too great for their capacity. — Sarah Colliver

You can't undo the past, but you can remedy it by creating a better future. — A.D. Posey

Perspective is the key to everything. — A.D. Posey

Rocks and minerals: the oldest storytellers. — A.D. Posey

At least I'm not afraid, and no one will ever call me boring. — A.D. Posey

Believe in people, they fly for a day. Teach them to believe in themselves, they soar for a lifetime. — A.D. Posey

Give all of life's oxygen to the fire that is your soul. — A.D. Posey

Reading books makes us more attentive to our personage and the aesthetic world that we live in. Writers that we idolize use language, logic, and nuance to paint physical and emotional scenes with refined precision. A writer's use of vivid language creates lingering aftereffects that work their wonder on the reader's malleable mind. A stirred mind resurrects our semiconscious memories; it causes us to summon up enduring images of our family, friends, and acquaintances. Just as importantly, inspirational writing makes us recognize our own telling character traits and identify our formerly unexpressed thoughts and feelings. — Kilroy J. Oldster

I'm not sure if people understand what it means to be a writer. It's not like it feels so great. I mean, most of the time you are sitting at your desk and bleeding out onto your computer screen, your notepad, your notebook ... there's a lot of bleeding that goes on when you're a writer! You don't just work to sell books, you work to bind your wounds and put your skin back together again after opening yourself up all over the place! I don't know how other writers write ... but this is how I write. — C. JoyBell C.

Don't we all look up at the same stars? — A.D. Posey

You're with you 24/7; you must love you the most. — A.D. Posey

Every day you make certain decisions and take specific actions that come about as a result of how you think, feel and the habits you tend to indulge — Derric Yuh Ndim

In the end, we begin. — A.D. Posey

Time unfolds beauty, wonder, and mystery to reveal the auspicious tapestry of life. — A.D. Posey

Some people desire to be famous. I probably wouldn't be very good at it. — Sarah Warman

A good preview makes you can't wait to see the whole movie. — A.D. Posey

A writer of any merit does not worry about being accepted everywhere. He must write to inspire, to change for the better or to challenge the status quo! — Avijeet Das

Open your arms to the world. — A.D. Posey

Take your ego out of your story. — A.D. Posey

I'd rather be a fool than afraid. — A.D. Posey

Happiness is individualized. Don't box it in. Let it fly. — A.D. Posey

Write truthfully, write from the heart, and your words will live. — A.D. Posey

The muse is the mystic force, but you are the master. — A.D. Posey

We are the thoughts we choose to keep. — A.D. Posey

A great story is impossible to forget. — A.D. Posey

Love is the miracle of life. — A.D. Posey

Writers, when they're good, open windows to worlds held precious and priceless by the soul. It is a sad day when they leave the earth, like having the windows shut for good. Where will the world be without good writers? — Psyche Roxas-Mendoza

All art is a form of vulnerability because at least part of the artist goes into the piece. — A.D. Posey

Film makes me feel less alone in the world. — A.D. Posey

Be the best you. — A.D. Posey

Whenever an art form loses its fire, when it gets weakened by intellectual inbreeding and first principles fade into stale tradition, a radical fringe eventually appears to blow it up and rebuild from the rubble. Young Gun ultrarunners were like Lost Generation writers in the '20s, Beat poets in the '50s, and rock musicians in the '60s: they were poor and ignored and free from all expectations and inhibitions. They were body artists, playing with the palette of human endurance. — Christopher McDougall

Go somewhere or go nowhere, the choice is yours. — Steven Cuoco

Every wound is a word. — Lailah Gifty Akita

In the equation of life, the limit does not exist. — A.D. Posey

The greatest artists see what is invisible to the masses. — A.D. Posey

With grace and beauty, feel. — A.D. Posey

Be what the world needs. — A.D. Posey

Love is growing up. — A.D. Posey

Writers don't forget the past; they turn it into raw material. — Joyce Rachelle

All answers to life's key questions are found within. — A.D. Posey

Want a role? Fuck a screenwriter. — A.D. Posey

Listen to what the sky is telling you. — A.D. Posey

Look through the eyes of your highest self. What do you see? — A.D. Posey

A day of rest yields a hundred days of progress. — A.D. Posey

In life, be a kid in a candy store. — A.D. Posey

Lead with your heart. The rest will follow. — A.D. Posey

Whenever people ask me, "How are your books doing?" or, "How is your book doing?" I just say, "It's okay." I mean, what am I supposed to say? I'm a writer; that means I write because I need to write, because that's how I breathe and that's how I bleed. I'm not an author; I'm a writer. Even when I don't want to write; I can't stop! So, how are my books doing? The hell I know! The moment after I publish one book, I'm writing another one! I don't know how my books are doing! I just know that I'm writing them! I'm a writer, I'm a writer. I'm not an author. — C. JoyBell C.

Writing is like breathing for my soul. — A.D. Posey

He without inspiration and motivation exists no more in a world full of innovations and inventions! — Darnaya Darice

Be the sun breaking through the clouds. — A.D. Posey

I know writers have to be crazy. But more than that that, they have to get made and stay mad. If things don't make a writer mad, he'll end up writing Flopsy, Mopsy, and Cottantail. — Leon Uris

Enthusiastic admiration is the first principle of knowledge and the last — William Blake

I write because I know magic happens — Anamika Mishra

We are inspired to write by divine force. — Lailah Gifty Akita

I don't believe in writers' block. Do doctors have 'doctors block?' Do plumbers have 'plumbers' block?" No. We all have days when we don't feel like working, but why do writers turn that into something so damn special by giving it a faintly romantic name. — Larry Kahaner

A film that is a true work of art transcends theatre and heartwarmingly changes lives. — A.D. Posey

The key is in the craft. — A.D. Posey

Because of sorrow, my awareness of life's pulse is strongly detectable. It is syncopation while I journey, a lap of ocean in the eyes of every person I meet. This awareness informs the flesh of my stories. Grief has been an odd companion, at first a terror, but now I am all the better having accepted it for its intrinsic worth. — Patricia Hickman

Explore your own peace. — A.D. Posey

Not everyone will like what you write but there's a certain group who'll love what you write. Keep WRITING for them. — David Chuka

Some days you live in pajamas, and your hair kind-of has that Albert Einstein look. — A.D. Posey

An opportunity lost may have motivated us to find a satisfying alternative. Adversity or suffering may have taught us certain important skills. Some writers have felt new appreciation for their lives after surviving a serious illness or disability. A fortunate outcome does not invalidate the unfortunate aspect. — Nan Merrick Phifer

In the end, you have to make love to your story and see what happens. — A.D. Posey

The story becomes clearer with time. — A.D. Posey

when you are a child you unconsciously adopt certain beliefs. Yet, there comes
the necessity to upgrade these beliefs as you grow older. — Derric Yuh Ndim

If you don't humiliate yourself, you don't live. — A.D. Posey

Writers understand the world better, but they lack the strength to change it. Perhaps that is so because they understand their limitations more than others. — Janvier Chouteu-Chando

There's a lot of "fiddle-faddle" wrapped up in that word "inspiration." It is the last resort of the lazy writer, of the man who would rather sit and dream than be up and doing. If the majority of writers who depend upon fiction for a livelihood were to wait for the spirit of inspiration to move them, the sheriff would happen along and tack a notice on the front door--while the writers were still waiting. — John Milton Edwards

Not everything can stand the test of time, but a story can. — A.D. Posey

I write because I always want good to win over evil — Anamika Mishra

Isolation is a gift. Everything else is just a test of your endurance. You will be alone with the Gods. Your nights will flame with fire. — Charles Bukowski

If poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world, science fiction writers are its court jesters. We are Wise Fools who can leap, caper, utter prophecies, and scratch ourselves in public. We can play with Big Ideas because the garish motley of our pulp origins make us seem harmless. — Bruce Sterling

Tell your story. Don't try and tell the stories that other people can tell. Any starting writer starts out with other people's voices. But as quickly as you can start telling the stories that only you can tell, because there will always be better writers than you and there will always be smarter writers than you, but you are the only you. — Neil Gaiman

The more you read, the more you write, and the more you free yourself to do so, the better writer you will become. — A.D. Posey

When I am fully immersed in my work of nourishing humanity, it fills my head with all kinds of feel-good chemicals, such as endorphins, serotonin and dopamine. Problems occur during the brief intervals between the finishing of one work and the beginning of another. During these intervals, my biology starts to get filled with stress hormones cortisol and adrenalin, that worsens my OCD. That is why, I can't sit still even a day after I finish writing a book. Because if I do, my OCD begins to suffocate me inside my head. Hence, as soon as I deliver a work, I have to start working on my next scientific literature. — Abhijit Naskar

And you must not worry about me. You must follow your dreams. You have your life ahead of you. I am just a wanderer passing by. — Avijeet Das

The very persons who have taken away my time and space are those who have given me something to say. — Katherine Paterson

Life isn't life without real butter. — A.D. Posey

In love there is truth, and in truth there is peace. — A.D. Posey

How could people not believe in magic when the whole world is made of it? — A.D. Posey