I thought today that I’d share some of my favorite writing quotes. Enjoy!
A writer, I think, is someone who pays attention to the world.
—Susan Sontag
If you find yourself asking yourself (and your friends): “Am I really a writer? Am I really an artist?” Chances are you are. The counterfeit innovator is wildly self-confident. The real one is scared to death.
—Steven Pressfield
I’m writing a first draft and reminding myself that I’m simply shoveling sand into a box so that later I can build castles.
—Shannon Hale
The business of being a writer is ultimately about asking yourself how alive am I willing to be?
—Anne Lamott
If I waited for perfection, I would never write a word.
—Margaret Atwood
Writers are not here to conform. We are here to challenge. We’re not here to be comfortable—we’re here, really, to shake things up. That’s our job.
—Jeanette Winterson
Half of what I write is garbage, but if I don’t write it down, it decomposes in my head.
—Jarod Kintz
Robin LeeAnn 
I love these, but the first one is my favorite. Thank you for sharing.
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The first one struck me too when I first heard it. Glad you like them!
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Love these!
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Glad you do!
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Thanks for these. I can relate to many of them, particularly the second one. Kevin
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I relate a lot to the second one too. It’s a question a lot of us have, I think.
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These are such fabulous and hard-hitting quotes about writing. They’re all very true, I find. I especially resonate with this one:
“The business of being a writer is ultimately about asking yourself how alive am I willing to be?”
-Anna Lamott
So many people struggle to get the life out of their head because they’re either scared or uncertain how the idea’s going to become. You have to live a little in your writing and go crazy when it’s needed. That’s why I love this quote so much, it just says it simply. ❤
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I agree! It’s such a powerful quote too. It’s hard to get out of your head, but I think the quote says it wonderfully.
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Thank you for posting these wonderful quotes, Robin.
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No problem! Glad you liked them!
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Love the quote by Anne Lamott! That you spelt it as Anna reminds me of poor Anne of Green Gables endless plight . . . 🙃
Jarod Kintz and Steven Pressfield also go to my heart. Writers, simply, must write.
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Oh no!
I’ll have to go back and fix that.
And I agree. Just simply writing gets the job done.
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So great! Thanks for sharing.
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Thank you so much!
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