132 Quotes About Writers-and-writing

Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.

Inspiration for what we produce comes from reading, observing the world of humans around us and also the animal kingdom

In the end, our legacy will not be based on rank or sales but by those who cherish our stories and the impact of our words.

I have written until I fell asleep with my computer on my lap. That can't be normal.

Being a writer brings out a sassy woman inside me, and I love her so.

The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, the voices of those around them.

To be a decent writer you must have both empathy and imagination. While these attributes aid your art, they can plague your soul. You don’t simply suffer your own sadness, experience your own longing and worry about your own wife and children, you are burdened with experiencing the emotional states of multitudes of others you don’t know.

She told me that some day she would go to my hometown and stay there for a while and be happy. And she will see me in every wall, every street, every glass, in every person, in every wave of the sea and smile.

When you find yourself writing, reading, or listening the delivery of words when spoken? You know the melody of wordplay. “& I love Wordplay