Some of these are inspirational or thought provoking, while some are just entertaining.
The secret to creativity is knowing how to hide your sources.
Albert Einstein
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
Cyril Connolly
The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.
Benjamin Disraeli
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
Henry David Thoreau
The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can’t help it.
Leo Rosten
Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own.
Carol Burnett
An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.
Charles de Montesquieu
No passion in the world is equal to the passion to alter someone else’s draft.
H. G. Wells
It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn’t give it up because by that time I was too famous.
Robert Benchley
Writing is not necessarily something to be ashamed of, but do it in private and wash your hands afterwards.
Robert Heinlein
Politics is not a bad profession. If you succeed there are many rewards, if you disgrace yourself you can always write a book.
Ronald Reagan
Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.
Scott Adams
Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.
Stephen King
If writers stopped writing about what happened to them, then there would be a lot of empty pages.
Elaine Liner
I love being a writer. What I can’t stand is the paperwork.
Peter De Vries
Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.
T. S. Eliot
In literature as in love, we are astonished at what is chosen by others.
Andre Maurois
A room without books is like a body without a soul.
Cicero (Attributed)
Never judge a book by its movie.
J. W. Eagan
To live a creative life, we must lose our fear of being wrong.
Joseph Chilton Pearce
A poet who reads his verse in public may have other nasty habits.
Robert Heinlein
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