- “After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world.” ― Philip Pullman
- “Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.” ― Ray Bradbury
- “A blank piece of paper is God’s way of telling us how hard it is to be God.” ― Sidney Sheldon
- “I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.” ― James A. Michener
- “Learn the rules like a pro, so you can break them like an artist.” ― Pablo Picasso
- “If you can’t annoy somebody, there is little point in writing.” ― Kingsley Amis
- “The first draft of anything is shit.” ― Ernest Hemingway
- “You can make anything by writing.” ― C.S. Lewis
- “You can fix anything but a blank page.” ― Nora Roberts
- “In writing, you must kill all your darlings.” ― William Faulkner
- “When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.” ― Kurt Vonnegut
- “A good book isn’t written, it’s rewritten.” ― Phyllis A. Whitney, Guide to Fiction Writing
- “The best stories don’t come from “good vs. bad” but “good vs. good.” ― Leo Tolstoy
- “Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.” ― Robert A. Heinlein
