BEST BACKGROUND FOR WRITING QUOTES

“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.” – Mark Twain

“The only way to do great work is to love what you do.” – Steve Jobs

“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” – Thomas Mann

“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” – Peter Drucker

“In order to write about life, first you must live it.” – Ernest Hemingway

“The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe.” – Gustave Flaubert

“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” – Maya Angelou

“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.” – Terry Pratchett

“Writing is the painting of the voice.” – Voltaire

“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.” – Anton Chekhov

“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.” – Maya Angelou

“Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working.” – Pablo Picasso

“You don’t write because you want to say something, you write because you have something to say.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Writing is the only way I have to explain my own life to myself.” – Pat Conroy QUOTES ABOUT TEACHERS WHO INSPIRE

“A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.” – Friedrich Nietzsche

“There is no substitute for hard work.” – Thomas Edison

“All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.” – Ernest Hemingway

“Writing is a lonely job. Having someone who believes in you makes a lot of difference.” – Stephen King

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” – Stephen King

“Writing is the ultimate act of self-discovery.” – Natalie Goldberg

“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.” – Sylvia Plath

“A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.” – Karl Kraus

“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.” – Ray Bradbury

“Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way.” – E.L. Doctorow

“Writing is thinking on paper.” – William Zinsser

“The beautiful part of writing is that you don’t have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.” – Robert Cormier