2,612 Quotes About Writers

Turn those deep feelings and obsessions of your heart into captivating pieces of literature.

But if what interests you are stories of the fantastic, I must warn you that this kind of story demands more art and judgment than is ordinarily imagined.

The greatest book is one written by your pen, but not exactly from your mind.

A pen ahead the thought is a Beauty above the thorn.

One of the problems of being a storyteller is the cultivated ability to extrapolate; in every situation all the what ifs come to me.

Good writing is both what one does and does not say.

If you are a singer, you must sing. If you are a dancer, you must dance. If you are a writer, you must write. Don’t suffocate your heart.

The depths of her thoughts will have you never wanting to surface for air...

Whenever we face challenges, we have the privilege of framing them in words—words that express our hopes, our losses, our dreams; words that transform our personal vision or the world's. These words can become a source of sustenance and discovery, for the sometimes long work of bringing to birth necessary change.