Quotes about Writing - What are some of your favorites?

[Archie Tewksbury]

one of my favorite quote on writing is “We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect.” Yes when we write we just remember the scenario and taste the moment once again.

[SherryEdwards]

I like much this one quote
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you" by Maya Angelou, author of "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings"
I think it can inspire to write more and more.

[Van112]

This quote has been stuck in my mind ever since i read it years ago.

“I don't think all writers are sad, she said. I think it's the other way around- all sad people write.” - Lang Leav

[Morgan Jones]

"If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." -Toni Morrison

This quote made me start my first book 5 years ago, and I'm so glad I came accross it.

[Maria Esposito]

"Write hard and clear about what hurts." Ernest Hemingway

[tannus]

“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

[tannus]

“You don’t start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it’s good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it.
That’s why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.”
― Octavia E. Butler

[tannus]

“When your story is ready for rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is going to hurt; revising a story down to the bare essentials is always a little like murdering children, but it must be done.”
— Stephen King
which is very much like Stephan King