Inspirational Writers Quotes

“I write to find strength.
I write to become the person that hides inside me.
I write to light the way through the darkness for others.
I write to be seen and heard.
I write to be near those I love.
I write by accident, promptings, purposefully and anywhere there is paper.
I write because my heart speaks a different language that someone needs to hear.
I write past the embarrassment of exposure.
I write because hypocrisy doesn’t need answers, rather it needs questions to heal.
I write myself out of nightmares.
I write because I am nostalgic, romantic and demand happy endings.
I write to remember.
I write knowing conversations don’t always take place.
I write because speaking can’t be reread.
I write to sooth a mind that races.
I write because you can play on the page like a child left alone in the sand.
I write because my emotions belong to the moon; high tide, low tide.
I write knowing I will fall on my words, but no one will say it was for very long.
I write because I want to paint the world the way I see love should be.
I write to provide a legacy.
I write to make sense out of senselessness.
I write knowing I will be killed by my own words, stabbed by critics, crucified by both misunderstanding and understanding.
I write for the haters, the lovers, the lonely, the brokenhearted and the dreamers.
I write because one day someone will tell me that my emotions were not a waste of time.
I write because God loves stories.
I write because one day I will be gone, but what I believed and felt will live on.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“My father taught me that you can you read a hundred books on wisdom and write a hundred books on wisdom, but unless you apply what you learned then its only words on a page. Life is not lived with intentions, but action.”
― Shannon Alder

“If you haven't cried at least once while writing a chapter of your inspirational book, then you have to ask yourself if your're writing fiction.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“When I die I hope it may be said:
'Her suffering was black, but her books were read'.”
― Shannon Alder

“I have found so many angels trapped inside undisputed jargon that I find myself digging at the words, in order to release them, from the books that unfairly captured their soul.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Most inspirational writers were born as driftwood and will say they have been beaten against every shoreline during their life. We understand storms. We understand drowning. We understand being devalued. We understand being stranded alone on a beach. God made us this way so we would know where every lighthouse can be found and tell others how to find them. We were never meant to stand on the beach with you because every rescue we do rescues ourselves. We always go back to the sea because that is where driftwood belongs--forever searching for answers to our endless questions and sharing what we learned...(2012, Writer’s Conference)”
― Shannon L. Alder

“The most influential people you will ever meet were once held together by the encouragement of others.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“You can’t give what you don’t have. To write, you must read. To write well, read well.”
― Israelmore Ayivor, How You Can Write Your Dream Book

“Let the people whom you appreciate know that they're important to you. Or that you value their presence.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Not every rejection needs a follow-up. Sometimes seeking closure from the people who’ve rejected you can hurt you even more.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“I was smarter than him because I had a pen and God was my writer.”
― Shannon L. Alder

“Give plenty of hugs. Make sure that your hugs are appropriate and welcome. Hug some more!”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Small behavioural irritations are part of life. No one is perfect.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“When you look for answers, you find them. I hope that you're asking the right questions.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“I never wanted to say that I made it on my own. But life gave me that position.”
― Mitta Xinindlu

“Never cross an inspirational author or you will be the example of what not to be like in every one of their books.”
― Shannon L. Alder, The Narcissistic Abuse Recovery Bible: Spiritual Recovery from Narcissistic and Emotional Abuse

“Let the people who you appreciate know that they're important to you. Or that you value their presence.”
― Mitta Xinindlu