Top 10 Inspirational Quotes for Writers

Feeling stuck? Here are some quotes about writing that may help motivate you. You can find more at Quote Garden!

10. Writing became such a process of discovery that I couldn't wait to get to work in the morning: I wanted to know what I was going to say.
- Sharon O'Brien

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

8. The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and lightning bug
- Mark Twain

7. Every writer I know has trouble writing.
- Joseph Heller

6. Writing comes more easily if you have something to say.
- Sholem Asch

5. It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.
- Sinclair Lewis

4. Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.
- Jules Renard

3. A writer lives, at best, in a state of astonishment. Beneath any feeling he has of the good or evil of the world lies a deeper one of the wonder of it all.
- William Sansom

2. The writer who is a real writer is a rebel who never stops.
- William Sayoran

And the #1 inspirational quote for writers is...

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


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