Writing Quotes

"The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe" "Literature is fire" "I don't write a book so that it will be the final word; I write a book so that other books are possible, not necessarily written by me" "I am no doubt not the only one who writes in order to have no face" "The pen is the tongue of the mind" "Words - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them." "When you publish a book, it's the world's book. The world edits it." "Love is the answer to everything It's the only reason to do anything If you don't write stories you love, you'll never make it If you don't write stories that other people love, you'll never make it" "You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you" "If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it" "When I was a screenwriter, I was doing the work so that I could keep making a living. I wasn't really thinking, I want to be remembered for writing this movie" "To write well, express yourself like the common people, but think like a wise man." "The most valuable of all talents is that of never using two words when one will do" "You want to be a writer? Start writing You want to be a filmmaker? Start shooting stuff on your phone right now." "The more conflict and contrast you have with a character makes it more interesting." "A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction" "I found that I had to find a way to protect myself because writing is a very vulnerable position." "The mind of a writer can be a truly terrifying thing." "I feel like I'm too busy writing history to read it." "The moving finger writes; and having writ, moves on"