Whether or not you write well, write bravely

Quote by Bill Stout

Topics: Writing Quotes

When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.

When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being...

You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...

Written reports stifle creativity.

Written reports stifle creativity.

Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled....

Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled....

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

I love to write. I love it. I mean there's nothin in the world I...

I love to write. I love it. I mean there's nothin in the world I...

I lived to write, and wrote to live

I lived to write, and wrote to live

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner...

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner...

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

What is wonderful about great literature is that it transforms the man who reads it...

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine...

Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine...

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the...

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the...

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to...

The artist doesn't have time to listen to the critics. The ones who want to...

I began to write more songs when I had more time, especially when we began...

I began to write more songs when I had more time, especially when we began...