Top Write Quotes

Create a world in front of your readers where they can taste, smell, touch, hear, see, and move. Else they are likely going to move on to another book.

I write our names on the page.What of it, if the paper will be burned?I write our names in the sand.What of it, if the shore will be washed by waves?I write our names on trees that will be cutand benc...

Write Definition

(v. t.) To set down, as legible characters; to form the conveyance of meaning; to inscribe on any material by a suitable instrument; as, to write the characters called letters; to write figures.

(v. t.) To set down for reading; to express in legible or intelligible characters; to inscribe; as, to write a deed; to write a bill of divorcement; hence, specifically, to set down in an epistle; to communicate by letter.

(v. t.) Hence, to compose or produce, as an author.

(v. t.) To impress durably; to imprint; to engrave; as, truth written on the heart.

(v. t.) To make known by writing; to record; to prove by one's own written testimony; -- often used reflexively.

(v. i.) To form characters, letters, or figures, as representative of sounds or ideas; to express words and sentences by written signs.

(v. i.) To be regularly employed or occupied in writing, copying, or accounting; to act as clerk or amanuensis; as, he writes in one of the public offices.

(v. i.) To frame or combine ideas, and express them in written words; to play the author; to recite or relate in books; to compose.

(v. i.) To compose or send letters.

If you write then you are reborn because by writing about the moment, you can relive it for a second time.

Reading poetry is like undressing before a bath. You don't undress out of fear that your clothes will become wet. You undress because you want the water to touch you. You want to completely immerse yo...

Some of the people who hate me love some of the sentences that I have written, until they get to the name of the person to whom the sentences are attributed.

A writer can do without food for a few hours, but not without the sight of books.

Be a good reader first, if you wish to become a good writer.

Her words dance on the page.

And at 3am you sit near the window and wonder if there is magic... because all you need are some fairies to take your pain away and help you sleep... you take a book to read... you take a pen and a pa...

As you become a better writer, the writing becomes more difficult. You toil harder to tell a story in a lesser number of words.

Sometimes, when inspiration runs dry, I drink classical music until my words spill out.

Ideas either age like fine wine or rot like potatoes over time.

Dreams are good at playing with your memory. They love leaving no trace behind and hate to show up once again in the morning.

My wishes before I die, to fulfill my mission on earth; The writing of my life stories to inspired present and future generations.

Almost every single thing you hope publication will do for you is a fantasy, a hologram--it's the eagle on your credit card that only seems to soar.

If you're frightened of the countless number of books in the library, you'll never write anything, until you close your eyes and hold the pen.

Criticism can never instruct or benefit you. Its chief effect is that of a telegram with dubious news. Praise leaves no glow behind, for it is a writer's habit to remember nothing good of himself. I h...

The grace of writing is upon me.I love writing. I write daily.

I am going to build a fortress of books.Will you come inside and live with me?

Tell a story in lesser and simpler words.