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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