Being A Writer Quotes

“And this is what being an artist means, being a poet? To sacrifice yourself for your art, sacrifice your heart for your art, because it’s only through something broken that something beautiful can grow.”
― Charlotte Eriksson, Empty Roads & Broken Bottles: in search for The Great Perhaps

“To become a writer a person must read constantly, the more varied the writers and their material then all the better. One must also have a lot of life experience, travel to exotic locations and live among the local people. Yet most importantly a writer needs the determination to keep at their writing regardless of what others might say or think about it”
― Andrew James Pritchard

“Artists shouldn't wait until they are told what their art should be, they shouldn't follow trends or allow other people to influence their work, an artist should only create from the strongest emotions within their heart”
― Andrew James Pritchard

“Sometimes I don't even know why I'm writing what I'm writing...
I'm just following these people around and taking notes.”
― P. Anastasia

“Desnuda a un escritor, señala sus cicatrices y te contará la historia de cada una de ellas, incluyendo las más pequeñas. De las grandes se sacan novelas, no amnesia. Es bueno tener un poco de talento si quieres ser escritor, pero el único requisito auténtico es la habilidad para recordar la historia de cada cicatriz... El arte consiste en la persistencia de cada memoria.”
― Stephen King

“I'm not sure if people understand what it means to be a writer. It's not like it feels so great. I mean, most of the time you are sitting at your desk and bleeding out onto your computer screen, your notepad, your notebook... there's a lot of bleeding that goes on when you're a writer! You don't just work to sell books, you work to bind your wounds and put your skin back together again after opening yourself up all over the place! I don't know how other writers write... but this is how I write.”
― C. JoyBell C.

“Being a writer means you get to live vicariously through your characters”
― Lisa Marbly-Warir

“Don’t be a poet, my darling
The taxidermist for ideas and lost dreams”
― Erna Grcic, Beneath the Surface

“If I don't stay in and write, I feel like a prisoner.”
― Amaya Ellman

“My mother, who is a pianist and a fine artist, purchased a piano for me. Twice. This was back when I was a small girl. Pianos, of course, came complete with the quintessential piano teacher who whacked my hand with a stick each time I struck the wrong key. I learned a few pieces, yes, but eventually my pen compelled me to write too much and the sound of the leaves rustling in the wind compelled me to climb trees too often. Sorry mom. Coincidentally, books come from trees and flipping the pages sounds like wind through leaves... hhhmmmm... I guess I’m still just climbing trees now, but in a different way!”
― C. JoyBell C.

“The out-dated imagery of sitting over a dusty typewriter staring at blank pages for years is a fallacy and probably designed to keep you from living up to your fullest potential.”
― Kytka Hilmar-Jezek, Book Power: A Platform for Writing, Branding, Positioning & Publishing

“When a person sets out to learn from others and not to teach others he becomes a true writer.”
― Carla H. Krueger

“She swallowed the ridicule & washed it down with criticism, It was far sweeter than the taste of obscurity.”
― C.E. O'Grady

“There are times when I can't believe how much ridiculous stuff happens to me and how brilliant it is to be in a position to write about it.”
― Carla H. Krueger

“I'm finally coming to terms with the unalloyed insanity of being a writer. Now that's coming out.”
― A.K. Kuykendall

“A writer illuminates the lights of her heart so that everyone can see themselves in the mirror of her thoughts.”
― Debasish Mridha

“A pen is a piano for a writer. The magnificence of the music depends on the inner and outer perceptions of the writer.”
― Debasish Mridha

“You cannot be a good writer by being highly cultured or by being very hardworking person or a good bookworm! The way to become a good writer is to write by flowing like a river, with the mysterious power coming from the depths!”
― Mehmet Murat ildan

“Go on and ignore your calling as a writer; and see how neurotic you’ll become. Those stories and ideas need to come out. Free them and heal yourself.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Some writers die with their stories untold and ideas unshaped. What a sad loss to the world.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“The calling to be a writer is a gift and a curse.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“We experience many things, good and bad, so that we can write about them.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“My aim is to have my positive words spread like fire, and heal as many people as possible.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“I feel whole when I write. I feel like a fraud when I don’t write.”
― Charlotte Eriksson, He loved me some days. I'm sure he did: 99 essays on growth through loss