Great Quotes on Writing

"If you want to write, write it. That's the first rule." --Robert Parker

"If you are a genius, you'll make your own rules, but if not--and the odds are against it--go to your desk, no matter what your mood, face the icy challenge of the paper--write. "--J. B. Priestly

"To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write." --Gertrude Stein

"The writer's duty is to keep on writing."--William Styron

"The scariest moment is always just before you start. After that, things can only get better." -- Stephen King

"Good writing is essentially rewriting." — Roald Dahl

"I can’t write five words but that I change seven." — Dorothy Parker

"When I say writing, O believe me, it is rewriting that I have chiefly in mind." — Robert Louis Stevenson

"The best writing is rewriting." — E. B. White