#writers

In his earliest youth, he had drawn inspiration from really bad authors, as you may have seen from his style; as he grew older, he lost his taste for them, but the excellent authors just didn’t fill him with the same enthusiasm ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

#writing #inspirational

You never finish writing a novel, you eventually abandon it. ↗

— Tom Winton

#for-writers #inspirational #inspirational

The task of the artist at any time is uncompromisingly simple — to discover what has not yet been done, and to do it. ↗

— Craig Raine

#inspirational #writers-on-writing #writing #inspirational

The only way to be inclined to write is to write to your inclination. ↗

— Terry Lander

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Biographies are best when written chronologically. Boring people don't make for good biographies. ↗

— Deana J. Driver

#non-fiction-books #non-fiction-books-inspirational #writers-on-writing #writing #writing-advice

They say your life is either an example or a warning. However, an inspirational writer's life tends to be both. Without our own mistakes, our books would never shed tears or shout Hallelujah. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

#inspirational-authors #writers #inspirational

Nine tenths of the ills from which intelligent people suffer spring from their intellect. They need at least a doctor who understands the disease. How can you expect Cottard to be able to treat you? He has made allowances for the difficulty of digesting sauces, for gastric trouble, but he has made no allowance for the effect of reading Shakespeare. ↗

— Marcel Proust

#illness #shakespeare #writers #intelligence

An idea can be greater than the Sun, because with an intelligent idea, man can discover the way to create another sun! Idea is the greatest power in this universe! ↗

— Mehmet Murat ildan

#intelligence

If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you. ↗

— Leo Tolstoy

#awareness #life #life

Dance above the surface of the world. Let your thoughts lift you into creativity that is not hampered by opinion. ↗

— Red Haircrow

#creative-thinking #creative-writing #creativity #individuality #life