Writers Life Quotes

Growing up, I used to climb out my window onto the roof and look up at the stars. There, in the quiet, I would write stories inside my head.

Hey Revision. You can be a pain but you do make Book better.

We are inspired to write by divine force.

Cherish every relationship in your life. There are certain things in life that can't be fixed if broken!

He drinks his coffee tentatively, glancing at me every few seconds, watching me. Every time he glances in my direction, I quickly turn away though he obviously knows I'm watching him. I know he's wondering why I'm staring at him, but he doesn't ask.I finally take a sip of coffee, set the mug back on the table, and voice what's on my mind, "I want to draw you.

When entering a library, I never forget to bow down!

Life always has some surprises up its sleeve!

. If you want to write, just write anything that comes into your mind. You will be surprised at how you can force inspiration to stand on your side.

The novelist is condemned to wander all his life. Homeless and blind like Oedipus he wanders until death. And so let us protect the novelist and adore him, with pity, honor, and love.

You can edit what you write. Why not edit what you say? If it hurts somebody, you can still offer an apology or withdraw your statements

Writing is exposing yourself to strangers

Writing is sharing. You share what you have. Great writers have more to share

You can only write well, what you have experienced.

The best kind of day is a writing day

If you see it in Strunk and White it's so.

They fuck you up, your mum and dad? No, that wasn't it at all. Well, they did do that, perhaps, but they also allowed you to become the person, and the writer, that you had it in you to be.

Putting pen to paper without first deciding the route and pace at which to scribe is like setting off on a bicycle without first checking the tyres.

Writing is a competition between the writer and the page. When the page wins, you fail as a writer.

I am sorry, I am not a writer. I simply put my thoughts on paper. Those helped by them call them a book and me a writer. Those who are not helped call it rubbish and me a fool. Both have reason.

I love Edit. He gives me tons of second chances to make things just right between us.

Words disappear in the air, but writing remains. If you want something to be remembered about you, write it down

Able writers let us into their minds and show us how they think and by that open our minds to ourselves

Every book has its ancestors

My spirit has been around far longer than my soul--I've lived several lifetimes already. And one this novel has been written, I will have lived several more.

The world would have been a better place if some men had just shut their mouths.

I head in the direction of the Eiffel Tower when I exit the alley, relieved to be out of the dark.

Sand lines my soul which is filled with the breath of the ocean.

You resting your head tenderly on my shoulders while we sit below the old Oak tree. And we smile at each other and gaze lovingly at the fascinating sunset over the hills. This moment makes me feel completely alive as if we have reached not just cloud nine or ten but also cloud infinity!

No amount of therapy can replace the joy of revenge writing.

I think the best thing about being a writer is getting to dream. It's constantly viewing life through the "what if?" lens.

If you are writing fiction, think like a god. Release all the power of your imagination; create worlds and destroy them at your will, create as many miracles as your story needs

Write on!

You heard me cry long before I knew my voice.

Trying to get an agent is like standing in line to be picked for kickball. Pick me! Pick me! ...Dang, last again.

Warriors respect each other. They give dignity to each other either in a win or in a defeat.

If I were to be honest, I'm probably fifty percent bagel. Okay, fine, sixty percent.

Writing is magic happening on paper

A writer reports on the universe. When he presents his credentials, the gates of heaven and hell are equally opened to him. He can hear the devil’s defense and god’s accusations. The guards at the king’s heart let him in. The writer can be anything and any one he wants. When he writes he is a god, he creates.

Write for a cause,NOT APPLAUSEWrite to express,NOT TO IMPRESS.Writing isn’t just about being noticed…IT'S BEING REMEMBERED.

...writers are a savage breed, Mr. Strike. If you want life-long friendship and selfless camaraderie, join the army and learn to kill. If you want a lifetime of temporary alliances with peers who will glory in your every failure, write novels.

When Tito was born, I was writing my fifth novel. That was how I saw my future: living in Venice and jumping from novel to novel. Tito's birth changed all that.

If you surrender to your imagination, the story will write itself.

In the wander land, we engage ourselves in writing.

I don’t do math.

Let you light shine from the inside out.

For some reason, when people meet me and find out I'm a writer they always ask if I write children's books. Um... please don't let your kids read my books. Well, unless your kids are in their 30s or something...then yeah, they're old enough. LOL

When you write a manuscript, it feels like being in a relationship with someone. You'll hate it, get bored with it, be pissed of, like you just want to break up. But, just like any relationship, you will fall in love again and again, like you don't want to lose it.

A writer is never alone, he is always with himself

One day I will write a book. An epitaph

If I can write, who possibly can’t. Even drawing a line in the sand is writing

Show me the contract.

We encounter truth within.

One of his hands move away from my face to flatten against my back, pulling me closer to him as he deepens the kiss. He parts my lips under his as my mind seems to sign quietly in content. I kiss him back as fiercely as he kisses me, unable to control the infatuation that rushes through me - feeling almost like fireworks. Not so careful anymore.Little shivers of urgency shoot through me. I push off the window, pressing closer to him. The rush of sensation that is coursing through me feels like I've drunk a gallon of coffee. It feels like an electric buzz is flooding between us.

Serenity is a very elusive quality. I've been trying all my life to find it.

Love is the bee that carries the pollen from one heart to another.

The best writing speaks when the heart whispers.

That which is cool is driven by the soul.

In order to protect their good names for posterity, many writers never wrote what they thought or the truth as it stood. That's why truth still lies hidden in matters of power, sex and religion. No wonder they chose to do so, many who dared paid with their heads

Words are the residue that I was there, that I loved my wife, that I kissed my children goodnight, that I sacrificed my life for them. Words are a curse. Life is a curse. Words escape life. Life escapes words. What in God's name am I? How does someone name a God? What is it to name yourself?

If I write as well as I golf, I'm in trouble!