Not everything here at Nothing Any Good has to be an informative resource for writing and publishing. Sometimes, we all just need to enjoy writing and reading.
I’m a quote lover. I always have been. Long before there were websites chock full of every quote you could imagine, I had books of printed quotes. This love of quotes probably comes from my Dad. He is a university professor and he has posted quotes on printed paper all over his office. He’s done this for years.
Since I love a strong quote and twitter seems to be infatuated with quotes, I want to make this easy for you. If you’re ever looking for a good quote to share about writing but you don’t know what to share, here’s some cool quotes you can share. Just click to tweet them.
[clickToTweet tweet=”There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed” ― Ernest Hemingway” quote=”There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed” ― Ernest Hemingway”]
[clickToTweet tweet=”There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. ― Maya Angelou” quote=”There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. ― Maya Angelou” theme=”style1″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time to write. Simple as that. ― Stephen King” quote=”If you don’t have time to read, you don’t have the time to write. Simple as that. ― Stephen King” theme=”style2″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it. ― Lloyd Alexander” quote=”Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It’s a way of understanding it. ― Lloyd Alexander” theme=”style3″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in writer, no surprise in reader. ― Robert Frost” quote=”No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader. ― Robert Frost” theme=”style4″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. ― Ray Bradbury” quote=”You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. ― Ray Bradbury” theme=”style5″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. ― Anton Chekhov” quote=”Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. ― Anton Chekhov” theme=”style6″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short. – Henry David Thoreau” quote=”Not that the story need be long, but it will take a long while to make it short. – Henry David Thoreau” theme=”style1″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. ― Douglas Adams” quote=”I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. ― Douglas Adams” theme=”style2″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn. ― Anne Frank” quote=”I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn. ― Anne Frank” theme=”style3″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. ― W. Somerset Maugham” quote=”There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. ― W. Somerset Maugham” theme=”style4″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. ― William Wordsworth” quote=”Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. ― William Wordsworth” theme=”style5″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”You can make anything by writing. ― C.S. Lewis” quote=”You can make anything by writing. ― C.S. Lewis”]
[clickToTweet tweet=”That’s what fiction is for, getting at the truth when truth isn’t sufficient for the truth. ― Tim O’Brien” quote=”That’s what fiction is for. It’s for getting at the truth when the truth isn’t sufficient for the truth. ― Tim O’Brien” theme=”style1″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. ― Jack London” quote=”You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club. ― Jack London” theme=”style2″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say. ― Anaïs Nin” quote=”The role of a writer is not to say what we can all say, but what we are unable to say. ― Anaïs Nin” theme=”style3″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time. ― Howard Nemerov” quote=”Write what you know. That should leave you with a lot of free time. ― Howard Nemerov” theme=”style4″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”You can fix anything but a blank page. ― Nora Roberts” quote=”You can fix anything but a blank page. ― Nora Roberts” theme=”style5″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”Better to write for yourself and have no public, than for the public and have no self. ― Cyril Connolly” quote=”Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self. ― Cyril Connolly” theme=”style6″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”Write about the emotions you fear the most. ― Laurie Halse Anderson” quote=”Write about the emotions you fear the most. ― Laurie Halse Anderson” theme=”style1″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world. ― E.B. White” quote=”All that I hope to say in books, all that I ever hope to say, is that I love the world. ― E.B. White” theme=”style2″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted. ― Jules Renard” quote=”Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted. ― Jules Renard” theme=”style3″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”Writer’s block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol. ― Steve Martin” quote=”Writer’s block is a fancy term made up by whiners so they can have an excuse to drink alcohol. ― Steve Martin” theme=”style4″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write. ― Martin Luther” quote=”If you want to change the world, pick up your pen and write. ― Martin Luther” theme=”style5″]
[clickToTweet tweet=”One should use common words to say uncommon things. ― Arthur Schopenhauer” quote=”One should use common words to say uncommon things. ― Arthur Schopenhauer” theme=”style6″]
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I love all of these quotes, Dan, including several I’d never read before now. During my 31 years as a high school English teacher here in Pittsburgh, I had a poster on my classroom wall with a quote from Justice Louis Brandeis: There is no such thing as good writing, just good rewriting. I always stressed the importance of that to my students as they wrote their compositions for me, and I’ve always kept it in mind in my second career as a writer as I write my mystery novels.
As always, best of luck!
Bob
That’s a great quote, Bob! I’ve always enjoyed that one. Here’s two other quotes about editing that didn’t make the cut, but that I enjoy:
It is perfectly okay to write garbage—as long as you edit brilliantly. – C. J. Cherryh
“Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.” ― T.S. Eliot