Writing can be difficult.
Attempting to share many thoughts and ideas in a coherent manner, fearing the negativity that may come, and trying to make every sentence perfect are some of the reasons why.
And all that stress can eventually take its toll and cause the writer to stop, which is fine. Breaks are necessary to rest, recharge, and refresh both mind and body. But once that break is over, it can be hard to start again.
That’s where inspiration comes in. And one way to obtain that is to read some wise words from the professionals.
Here are 21 inspirational quotes from famous authors that will motivate you to write!
Quotes
- “Write your first draft with your heart. Rewrite with your head.” – Mike Rich.
- “You can make anything by writing.” – C.S. Lewis.
- “Words are our most inexhaustible source of magic.” – J. K. Rowling.
- “Start before you’re ready.” – Steven Pressfield.
- “Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on.” – Louis L’Amour.
- “Writing is the painting of the voice.” – Voltaire.
- “Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.” – William Wordsworth.
- “A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit.” – Richard Bach.
- “If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” – Toni Morrison.
- “Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer.” – Barbara Kingsolver.
- “If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.” – Stephen King.
- “You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what’s burning inside you, and we edit to let the fire show through the smoke.” – Arthur Plotnik.
- “No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.” – Robert Frost.
- “It is perfectly okay to write garbage as long as you edit brilliantly.” – C. J. Cherryh.
- “I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.” – Anne Frank.
- “Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see any.” – Orson Scott Card.
- “A true piece of writing is a dangerous thing; it can change your life.” – Tobias Wolff.
- “The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.” – Maya Angelou.
- “Exercise the writing muscle every day, even if it is only a letter, notes, a title list, a character sketch, a journal entry. Writers are like dancers, like athletes. Without that exercise, the muscles seize up.” – Jane Yolen.
- “You don’t write because you want to say something; you write because you have something to say.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald.
- “Write what should not be forgotten.” – Isabel Allende.
I hope these inspirational quotes help you write!
