235 Quotes About Writing-inspiration

Writing is my only way of drawing emotions. I know no other enthralling way to do it.

...all the grace I saw then was his own: simple, unadorned, glorious.

I work my inspiration til I find a spark of life in it I draw on it I siphon it I earn my multi-hyphenate.

You realize you must give in to the muse from afar. You have to heed the inner voice that has come calling.

I believe in hard work and luck, and that the first often leads to the second.

I wrote that book anyhow, because I needed to write it for my own intimate purposes - and also because I was curious to see if I could convey my emotional experiences adequately on paper.

If a plot is a novel's skeleton, and characters are the muscle, then theme is its soul.

That is my mother's lyre,' I almost said. The words were in my mouth, and behind them others crowded close. 'That is my lyre.

If writing didn't create emotional risk, then it wouldn't be worth doing.