Some Writers' Quotes About Writing

I've been thinking some more about this need that writers have to write, and I looked into some quotes by authors about writing. Here are some quotes that resonate within me. Read them, then read them again, and again.  Have a great weekend! ~Cecilia


"Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself if you would have to die if you were forbidden to write." ~ Rainer Maria Rilke

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story within you."  ~ Maya Angelou

"Art is not a handicraft, it is the transmission of feeling the artist has experience." ~ Leo Tolstoy

"There are things which a man is afraid to tell even to himself, and every decent man has a number of such things stored away in his mind." ~ Fyodor Dostoevsky

"If you can tell stories, create characters, devise incidents, and have sincerity and passion, it doesn't matter a damn how you write." ~ W. Somerset Mougham

"To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty them." ~ Herman Melville

"First find out what your hero wants, then just follow him!" ~ Ray Bradbury

The photos of Maya Angelou and Fyodor Dostoevsky are courtesy of Wikipedia.
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This is all for now,
Cecilia