Inspirational Quotes
Words to motivate, inspire, and guide you.
ArtSkillPracticeWriting True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
WritingSeriousnessSolemnityIndividuality A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.
WritingImpulseExpressionPassion Writing is like a 'lust,' or like 'scratching when you itch.' Writing comes as a result of a very strong impulse, and when it does come, I, for one, must get it out.
WritingEffortEngagementReading The problem with writing a book in verse is, to be successful, it has to sound like you knocked it off on a rainy Friday afternoon. It has to sound easy. When you can do it, it helps tremendously because it's a thing that forces kids to read on. You have this unconsummated feeling if you stop.
CuriosityWritingPerspectiveIndividualityCreativity What I have is a malevolent curiosity. That's what drives my need to write and what probably leads me to look at things a little askew. I do tend to take a different perspective from most people.
WritingPracticeCreativityEvolutionPassion You just don't wake up one day and decide that you need to write songs.
CreativityWritingResourcefulnessPerseverance I put a piece of paper under my pillow, and when I could not sleep I wrote in the dark.
