Guide to Writing Your Own Story

Chapter 9: Famous Quotes from Famous Authors

FAMOUS QUOTES FROM FAMOUS AUTHORS

Most writers need some inspirational quotes to keep on writing their story. So, I've searched the Internet for some quotes from your favorite authors. Without further ado, here are some quotes to keep you going:

I try to create sympathy for my characters, then turn the monsters loose. -Stephen King

A wounded deer leaps the highest. -Emily Dickinson

No one can write decently who is distrustful of the reader's intelligence or whose attitude is patronizing. -E.B. White

The most important thing is to read as much as you can, like I did. It will give you an understanding of what makes good writing and it will enlarge your vocabulary. -JK Rowling

I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you're trying to be a writer because it's the only apprenticeship we have, it's the only way of learning how to write a story. -John Green

I tell aspiring writers that you have to find what you MUST write. When you find it, you will know, because the subject matter won't let you go. It's not enough to write simply because you think it would be neat to publish. You have to be compelled to write. If you're not, nothing else that you do matters. -Rick Riordan

 When you're a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that's really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from your classmates and stuff. But when a book comes out, it's just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to. -Veronica Roth

All the writing elements are the same. You need to tell a good story...You've got good characters...People think there's some dramatic difference between writing 'Little Bear' and the 'Hunger Games,' and as a writer, for me, there isn't. -Suzanne Collins

I tend to write about my anxieties - it's what I'm afraid will happen. And I write a story working it out. -Rainbow Rowell

The best books come from someplace inside. You don't write because you want to, but because you have to. -Judy Blume

Well, I hope these quotes inspire you to keep writing and bever give up!