Writer quotes

I was in mood for some inspirating quotes about writing and thought I could share them with you

The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. (William Saroyan)

When a writer talks about his work, he's talking about a love affair. (Alfred Kazin)

I write for the same reason I breathe -- because if I didn't, I would die (Isaac Asimov)

Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else. (Gloria Steinem)

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking. (Jessamyn West)

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense. (Tom Clancy)

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart... (William Wordsworth)

The great art of writing is knowing when to stop (Josh Billings)

Words are sacred. They deserve respect. If you get the right ones, in the right order, you can nudge the world a little (Tom Stoppard)

The first step is to find out what you love -- and don't be practical about it. The second step is to start doing what you love immediately, in any small way possible. I've seen what happens to people when they get to do what they love. They light up. They glow. They have a kind of energy that's wonderful (Barbara Sher)