280 Quotes About On-writing

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Write what should not be forgotten.

Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.

You can fix anything but a blank page.

A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: 1. What am I trying to say? 2. What words will express it? 3. What image or idiom will make it clearer? 4. Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?

A good book isn't written, it's rewritten.

And this is what being an artist means, being a poet? To sacrifice yourself for your art, sacrifice your heart for your art, because it’s only through something broken that something beautiful can grow.

My writing, it’s my way of making sense of everything. My way to feel whole. May I never be complete and may I never feel content – please, let me always have the need, always have the urge to write.