Top 54 Inspiring Writing Quotes
#1. I love the process of creating a story that will resonate in my readers lives ~ either inspiring them, educating them, or entertaining them.
Kathryn Albright
#3. Even if it's a definition that feels oppressive to us, that oppression can be inspiring because it helps us push up against something while we're writing. Or if it's a definition that we want to defend and uphold, we are given a sense of the boundaries within which we can work.
John D'Agata
#5. I really like writing for specific projects. It's a whole different way of writing when you have certain guidelines and a theme you're writing to. It's very inspiring.
Robert Coppola Schwartzman
#6. To read is to cover one's face. And to write is to show it.
Alejandro Zambra
#7. You want to be a writer? A writer is someone who writes every day, so start writing. You don't have a job? Get one. Any job. Don't sit at home waiting for the magical opportunity. Who are you? Prince William? No. Get a job. Go to work. Do something until you can do something else.
Shonda Rhimes
#9. When you don't have the pressure of pleasing someone else and do something because you love doing it, that's when the best works are born.
Vishwas Mudagal
#10. What is so inspiring about [Louis] Brandeis's writing is he saw it as a tool for democratic education. He would say things like the opinion is now convincing, now can we make it more instructive, after he'd gone through ten drafts.
Jeffrey Rosen
#11. I actually didn't listen to the Beatles song 'Nowhere Man' when I was writing my book of the same name. What I listened to a lot was 'Abbey Road.' Its disjointedness and its readiness to confuse only to delight were inspiring to me.
Aleksandar Hemon
#15. Inspiring someone else to follow their dreams is the hope of anyone who has the courage to follow their own.
Dawn Garcia
#16. Conceptual writing is looking for that "Aha!" moment, when something so simple, right under our noses, is revealed as being awe- inspiring, profound, and transcendent.
Kenneth Goldsmith
#17. Without visions and written goals, what direction are we going to head?
Lailah Gifty Akita
#18. Do you wait for things to happen, or do you make them happen yourself? I believe in writing your own story.
Charlotte Eriksson
#19. Do activities you're passionate about - which make your heart and soul feel perky - including things like working out, cooking, painting, writing, yoga, hiking, walking, swimming, being in nature, being around art, or reading inspiring books.
Karen Salmansohn
#21. Boileau said that Kings, Gods and Heroes only were fit subjects for literature. The writer can only write about what he admires. Present-day kings aren't very inspiring, the gods are on a vacation and about the only heroes left are the scientists and the poor.
John Steinbeck
#22. The way Jacques Brel writes a story, getting into the character, bringing out all his faults and qualities in the same song ... Not that I could ever write in such an epic way, but it really is a different way to go about writing lyrics ... and I find that quite inspiring.
Zach Condon
#23. Brilliant, inspiring ... if you are on a pursuit of self-mastery, make time to read this!
Jennifer Lacy
#25. Write and your experiences with others. Never underestimate your writings. It can bring hope and inspiration to many people.
Lailah Gifty Akita
#26. Your mind is beautiful. No matter what problems people say you have, every mind is capable of writing something inspiring and beautiful.
B.A. Gabrielle
#28. I remember writing the series with great enthusiasm, and I hope this enthusiasm continues to inspire newcomers to see the truly life-changing possibilities Wicca can offer. As a 'religion of self expression' I wish everyone an inspiring quest on this path called Wicca.
Morgana Sythove
#29. By encouraging the critic in themselves (the hater) they have killed the artist (the lover).
Brenda Ueland
#30. If life ever stops inspiring us to write, it's time to stop doing what we do.
Emily Saliers
#31. Being passionate about something is the most beautiful characteristic you can develop.
Charlotte Eriksson
#32. What is Religion according to you?
"Religion is your idea of leading life, the value you not only hold close to your heart but ones that you practice, the passions in your life, the faith in your ideals, the vision you have for your life and the society around you.
Vishwas Mudagal
#37. What a grim feeling it is to come across a written line so exceptionally inspiring that your first reaction is, 'Criminy, why didn't I ever think to write that!'
Richelle E. Goodrich
#38. One of the things I enjoy most about writing historical romance is researching inspiring backgrounds and settings.
Nicola Cornick
#39. English is like a poetic extension of myself. It holds my creativity and imagination in blissful and inspiring captivity. Though I consider myself not a prisoner, but rather a valued guest of honor.
Storm Princeholm
#40. Why I find Louis Brandeis so exciting and inspiring because he's teaching us - good legal writing is not a matter of taste, it's a matter of connection with fellow citizens and of democratic education.
Jeffrey Rosen
#43. There's a lot of really inspiring music coming around the bend - we tend to believe that to sound classic or timeless is to sound vintage or retro. It's a little bit dangerous, because you'll really miss a chance to make your mark as a generation.
Brandi Carlile
#45. It is in the midst of the city that one writes the most inspiring pages about the country.
Jules Renard
#46. Miranda Lambert is actually mixing the singer-songwriter philosophy with the commercial country [mindset]. And I find it just inspiring. My hat's off completely, because she's pulling it off, and I couldn't figure out a way to do it.
Allison Moorer
#47. If you're dating a writer and they don't write about you - whether it's good or bad - then they don't love you. They just don't. Writers fall in love with the people we find inspiring.
Jamie Anne Royce
#48. If God inspires your writing, others will know because it will inspire them when they read it.
Cecil Murphey
#49. I think people use temp music quite a bit, but the people who write the temp music don't ever really learn that their music was inspiring a movie.
Ben Folds
#50. [When asked about Writing Conferences]
You meet people that will change your life.
Susan Wingate
#53. The sacred-souls of authors are displayed in the beauty of their books.
Lailah Gifty Akita
