I really love inspirational quotes. And I especially love quotes about writing.

If you need to be encouraged or inspired to keep creating, read through these quotes by many well-known authors – who also struggled to get their books written.

Here are some my favourite writing quotes. The ones that weren’t too long, have a clickable link.

Art is not about thinking something up. It is the opposite... it's about getting something down.Julia Cameron Share on X

You don't have to say everything to say something. Beth Moore Share on X

We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master. Ernest Hemingway Share on X

To live the creative life we must first lose the fear of being wrong. Joseph Chilton Pearce Share on X

The role of the writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. Anais Nin Share on X

Almost all good writing begins with terrible first efforts. You need to start somewhere. Anne Lamott Share on X

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. Anton Chekhov Share on X

First find out what your hero wants. Then just follow him. Ray Bradbury Share on X

Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper. Never correct or rewrite until the whole thing is down. Rewrite in process is usually found to be an excuse for not going on. It also interferes with flow and rhythm which can only come from a kind of unconscious association with the material…” John Steinbeck

Never tell a story because it is true: tell it because it is a good story. John Penland Mahaffy Share on X

The writer is an explorer. Every step is an advance into a new land. Ralph Waldo Emerson Share on X

Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don't see any. Orson Scott Card Share on X

And the day came when the risk to remain in a tight bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom. Anais Nin Share on X

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it. Tennessee Williams Share on X

If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time(or the tools) to write. Simple as that. Stephen King Share on X

Close the door. Write with no one looking over your shoulder. Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It's the one and only thing you have to offer. Barbara Kingsolver Share on X

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader--not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon. E.L. Doctorow Share on X

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. Maya Angelou Share on X

Start before you're ready.Steven Pressfield Share on X

A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit. Richard Bach Share on X

The desire to write grows with writing. Desiderius Erasmus Share on X

 

As I read through these quotes, inspires me to write again. How about you?

What are some of your favorite writing quotes?  I’d love to hear what your top writing quotes that inspire you! Please leave a comment below 🙂