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Writers on Writing
39 quotes on the world’s third oldest profession
“If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” — Toni Morrison
“I write to discover what I know.” — Flannery O’Connor
“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.” — Thomas Mann
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” — Madeleine L’Engle
“As a writer, you should not judge, you should understand.” — Ernest Hemingway
“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 you would have to die if you were forbidden to write.” — Rainer Maria Rilke
“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
“One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.” — Jack Kerouac
