defeated. Here are a few motivational quotes that I enjoyed. Maybe they
can help you pick up the pen and scratch away again.
"Easy reading is damn hard writing."
-Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the
only secret."
-Matthew Arnold
-Nathaniel Hawthorne
"Have something to say, and say it as clearly as you can. That is the
only secret."
-Matthew Arnold
"Wake the happy words."
-Theodore Roethke
"It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing,
but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous."
but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous."
- Robert Charles Benchley
"Writing is rewriting... If you fall in love with the vision you want of
your work and not your words, the rewriting will become easier."
your work and not your words, the rewriting will become easier."
- Nora DeLoach
"The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we
are unable to say."
are unable to say."
-Anaïs Nin
"If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written
yet, then you must write it."
yet, then you must write it."
-Toni Morrison
"Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart."
-William Wordsworth
fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon."
-E.L. Doctorow
"Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new
assignment."
-Baltasar Gracian
"Becoming the reader is the essence of becoming a writer."
-John O'Hara
"Writing became such a process of discovery that I couldn't wait to
get to work in the morning: I wanted to know what I was going to say. "
get to work in the morning: I wanted to know what I was going to say. "
-Sharon O'Brien
"Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very;" your
editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be."
-Mark Twain
"Take chances. You will succeed if you are fearless of failure."
-Natalie Goldberg
"If you wish to be a writer, write."
- Epictetus
"Everyone has talent. What is rare is the courage to follow that talent to
the dark place where it leads."
the dark place where it leads."
- Erica Jong
"I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter."
-James Michener
“Until you're ready to look foolish, you'll never have the possibility of
being great.”
being great.”
- Cher
"This is for writers yet to be published who think the uphill climb will
never end. Keep believing. This is also for published writers grown
jaded by the process. Remember how lucky you are."
never end. Keep believing. This is also for published writers grown
jaded by the process. Remember how lucky you are."
- Terry Brooks
"When asked, 'How do you write?'I invariably answer, 'one word
at a time.'”
at a time.'”
- Stephen King
“The secret of getting ahead is getting started.”
- Agatha Christie
Sincerely,
R.J. Ropsen
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