Writing Quotes, Inspiration, and Life Advice From Famous Authors (2024)

I love writing quotes. Recently, I stumbled across new-to-me writing, inspirational, and life advice quotes from famous authors. Too much spot-on advice not to share here on TKZ. Plus, I’m writing eighteen different articles to spread the news about my new eco-thriller. 😉

Writing Quotes

“The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.” — Albert Camus

“As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.” — Ernest Hemingway

“To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme.” — Herman Melville

“As for ‘Write what you know,’ I was regularly told this as a beginner. I think it’s very good rule and have always obeyed it. I write about imaginary countries, alien societies on other planets, dragons, wizards, the Napa Valley in 22002. I know these things. I know them better than anybody else possibly could, so it’s my duty to testify about them.” — Ursula K. Le Guin

“You should write because you love the shape of stories and sentences and the creation of different words on a page. Writing comes from reading, and reading is the finest teacher of how to write.” — Annie Proulx

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

“A good writer possesses not only his own spirit but also the spirit of his friends.” — Friedrich Nietzsche

“Your writing voice is the deepest possible reflection of who you are. The job of your voice is not to seduce or flatter or make well-shaped sentences. In your voice, your readers should be able to hear the contents of your mind, your heart, your soul.” — Meg Rosoff

“Do not hoard what seems good for a later place in the book, or for another book. Give it, give it all, give it now.” — Annie Dillard

“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” — Toni Morrison

“Tears are words that need to be written.” — Paulo Coelho

Inspirational Quotes by Writers

“You cannot find peace by avoiding life.” — Virginia Woolf

“The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice.” — George Eliot

“Focus more on your desire than on your doubt, and the dream will take care of itself.” — Mark Twain

“Jump off a cliff and build your wings on the way down.” — Ray Bradbury

“I hope that in this year to come, you make mistakes. Because if you are making mistakes, then you are making new things, trying new things, learning, living, pushing yourself, changing yourself, changing your world. You’re doing things you’ve never done before, and more importantly, you’re doing something.” — Neil Gaiman

“Don’t bend. Don’t water it down. Don’t try to make it logical. Don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.” — Franz Kafka

“Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great.” — Mark Twain

“Maybe it’s not about having a beautiful day, but about finding beautiful moments. Maybe a whole day is just too much to ask. I could choose to believe that in every day, in all things, no matter how dark and ugly, there are shards of beauty if I look for them.” — Anna White

“Trust our heart if the seas catch fire, live by love though the stars walk backwards.” — E. E. Cummings

“One day I find the right words, and they will be simple.” — Jack Kerouac

“I can be changed by what happens to me. But I refuse to be reduced by it.” — Maya Angelou

“The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any.” — Alice Walker

Life Advice From Writers

“To live is the rarest thing in the world. Most people exist, that is all.” — Oscar Wilde

“That it will never come again is what makes life so sweet.” — Emily Dickinson

“It is never too late to be what you might have been.” — George Eliot

“To be yourself in a world that is constantly trying to make you something else is the greatest accomplishment.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Pain is inevitable. Suffering is optional.” — Haruki Murakami

“Be kind, for everyone you meet is fighting a hard battle.” — Plato

“Unable are the loved to die for love is immortality.” — Emily Dickinson

“Let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences.” — Sylvia Plath

“Don’t let your happiness depend on something you may lose.” — C.S. Lewis

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Writing Quotes, Inspiration, and Life Advice From Famous Authors (2024)

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Writing Quotes, Inspiration, and Life Advice From Famous Authors? ›

"The scariest moment is always just before you start." - Stephen King. "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." - Jack London. "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." - C.S.

What is a famous author's inspirational quote? ›

"The scariest moment is always just before you start." - Stephen King. "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." - Jack London. "You are never too old to set another goal or to dream a new dream." - C.S.

What is a famous quote about life and writing? ›

"How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live." "I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn." "A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people." "Let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences."

What are some quotes about inspiration for writers? ›

Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way.” “A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world.” “The scariest moment is always just before you start.” “Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”

What is Edgar Allan Poe's most famous quote? ›

"All that we see or seem is but a dream within a dream."

What is the most inspiring quote ever? ›

Inspiring words and motivational quotes
  • "All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them." — Walt Disney.
  • "The future belongs to those who believe in the beauty of their dreams." — Eleanor Roosevelt.
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  • "Dream as if you'll live forever. ...
  • "Some men see things as they are and say why.

What is a good quote for writing? ›

55 Motivational Writing Quotes from Famous Authors
  • "Start writing, no matter what. ...
  • "Get it down. ...
  • "The first draft is just you telling yourself the story." ...
  • "You don't start out writing good stuff. ...
  • "Start before you're ready." ...
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  • "You can't wait for inspiration. ...
  • "I have never started a poem yet whose end I knew.
Jan 30, 2019

What is the most powerful motivational quote? ›

The only limit to our realization of tomorrow will be our doubts of today.” – Franklin D. Roosevelt. President Roosevelt's quote encourages us to shed our doubts and embrace the limitless potential of the future. It reminds us that our doubts are the only true obstacles on the path to progress.

What are 5 inspirational quotes? ›

50 motivational quotes
  • "It takes courage to grow up and become who you really are." — ...
  • "Your self-worth is determined by you. ...
  • "Nothing is impossible. ...
  • "Keep your face always toward the sunshine, and shadows will fall behind you." — ...
  • “You have brains in your head. ...
  • "Attitude is a little thing that makes a big difference." —
Nov 30, 2023

What is a famous quote from Michael Jackson? ›

“In a world filled with hate, we must still dare to hope. In a world filled with anger, we must still dare to comfort. In a world filled with despair, we must still dare to dream.

What are some meaningful quotes? ›

Best Quotes of All Time
  • You must be the change you wish to see in the world. - ...
  • Spread love everywhere you go. ...
  • The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. - ...
  • Darkness cannot drive out darkness: only light can do that. ...
  • Do one thing every day that scares you. - ...
  • Well done is better than well said. -
Mar 25, 2024

What is one of Maya Angelou's famous quotes? ›

Do the best you can until you know better. Then when you know better, do better.” “We may encounter many defeats, but we must not be defeated. It may even be necessary to encounter the defeat, so that we can know who we are.”

What is a famous quote about success? ›

1. "Success is not final; failure is not fatal: It is the courage to continue that counts." 2. "It is better to fail in originality than to succeed in imitation."

What is the most influential quote? ›

  1. 21 Of The World's Most Powerful Quotes, Updated For Today. ...
  2. “You must be the change you wish to see in the world.” — Gandhi. ...
  3. “Everybody is a genius. ...
  4. “A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.” — George Bernhard Shaw.
Jan 8, 2018

Who is the most quoted writer of all time? ›

OSCAR Wilde has been named as the “most quotable figure” in the history of the English language. The playwright takes top place on the list of the most memorable lines ever written or spoken in the latest edition of The Oxford Dictionary of Humorous Quotations.

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