Starting a new writing project can be intimidating. That blank page often feels overwhelming, whether you’re beginning your first story or tackling a new document after finishing a previous one. To ease the anxiety, consider these motivational writing quotes from famous authors. Ernest Hemingway reminds us that a book is a loyal friend, always there for us. Maya Angelou encourages us to keep creating, as creativity grows with use. Stephen King acknowledges the fear of starting, and J.K. Rowling highlights that our choices in writing reveal more about us than our skills. Let these words inspire and guide you.
"There is no friend as loyal as a book." — Ernest Hemingway
“You can’t use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have.” — Maya Angelou
"The scariest moment is always just before you start." — Stephen King
“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” — J.K. Rowling
"The secret of getting ahead is getting started." — Mark Twain
“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.” — Ray Bradbury
"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife." — Jane Austen
“Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness.” — George Orwell
"I only write when I am inspired. Fortunately, I am inspired at 9 o’clock every morning." — William Faulkner
“I hope you live a life you’re proud of. If you find that you’re not, I hope you have the strength to start over.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald
"We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars." — Oscar Wilde
“The best time for planning a book is while you’re doing the dishes.” — Agatha Christie
"People always think something’s all true or all false. I don’t believe that." — J.D. Salinger
“Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work.” — Gustave Flaubert
"The writer must believe that what he is doing is the right thing to do." — John Steinbeck
“A room of one’s own.” — Virginia Woolf
"Tell all the truth but tell it slant." — Emily Dickinson
“Not all those who wander are lost.” — J.R.R. Tolkien
"The poet is the creator of beautiful things." — Homer
“The greatest privilege of a writer is that he can say whatever he wants.” — Tennessee Williams
"A word after a word after a word is power." — Margaret Atwood
“You have to write the book that wants to be written. And if the book will be too difficult for grown-ups, then you write it for children.” — Doris Lessing
"The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before." — Neil Gaiman
“The only way to deal with this life meaningfully is to find one’s passion and put everything into it.” — Raymond Chandler
"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read." — James Baldwin
“Write hard and clear about what hurts.” — Ernest Hemingway
"The only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, mad to be saved." — Jack Kerouac
“You don’t write because you want to say something; you write because you have something to say.” — Harlan Coben
"A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one." — George R.R. Martin
“The world had ended, so why had the world not ended?” — J.K. Rowling
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view." — Harper Lee
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.” — Paul Auster
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." — T.S. Eliot
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” — Lao Tzu
“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.” — Gabriel García Márquez
"A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us." — Franz Kafka
“Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not write, manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic, and the fear which is inherent in the human condition.” — Isabel Allende
"I’ve got to do something. It’s the only way I know how to get the message across." — Kurt Vonnegut
“The writer is someone who can make a riddle out of a commonplace experience.” — John Updike
"You can make anything by writing." — C.S. Lewis
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” — Marcel Proust
"I'm the most dangerous thing in the world: a writer who has no stories left to tell." — J.D. Salinger
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt." — Sylvia Plath
“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.” — Aldous Huxley
"Buy the ticket, take the ride." — Hunter S. Thompson
“The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed.” — William Gibson
"If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it." — Toni Morrison
“A play is a story that you write with your own blood.” — Arthur Miller
"The world is full of stories, but the stories that matter are the ones we tell ourselves." — Willa Cather
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” — Jorge Luis Borges
"You have to be willing to be a little bit embarrassed for your work." — Zadie Smith
- ভালোবাসার মাঝে ছুটে আসা কোন অনুভুতি
- হুমায়ূন আহমেদ এর অডিও বুক মন ভালো করার উপায়
- প্রেম কিভাবে একটি অলৌকিক ঘটনা? প্রেমের সংকেত গল্প
- আকাশে রোদ উঠেছে হঠাৎ বসন্তের আগমন বসন্তের ছোঁয়া
- ফ্রিল্যান্সিং কি?কিভাবে ফ্রিল্যান্সিং শুরু করবো?
“The only time to be positive is when you’re positive that you’re wrong.” — Philip Roth
"The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will." — Chuck Palahniuk
“The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you.” — David Foster Wallace
"The future is a race between education and catastrophe." — H.G. Wells
“The artist, like the bee, must be able to do the necessary work before he can create the honey.” — James Joyce
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any." — Alice Walker
“Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man.” — Nabokov
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." — Anne Rice
“Writing is the way to get rid of what is heavy and to become lighter.” — Elena Ferrante
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"You have to write a book that wants to be written." — Ray Bradbury
“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.” — Milan Kundera
"The only thing I have is a love for writing." — John Grisham
“The only reason I write is to find out what happens next.” — Salman Rushdie
"You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will." — Stephen King
“I like stories that start with the first line.” — J.D. Salinger
"We are each other’s business." — Nikki Giovanni
“I hate writing. I love having written.” — Dorothy Parker
"I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not." — Joan Didion
"The writer must learn to keep his mouth shut, and the only way to do this is to keep writing." — V.S. Naipaul
“Writing is a way of not going mad.” — Jean-Paul Sartre
"The role of the writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say." — Toni Cade Bambara
“Writing is a way of trying to understand life.” — Margaret Atwood
"The writer’s job is to make the characters come alive and to make their actions believable." — Eudora Welty
“I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees.” — Pablo Neruda
"You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen." — Beverley Harper
“The novel, like the dream, is an act of rebellion against the forces of conformity and death.” — Carlos Fuentes
"I believe that the artist is the one who can make a riddle out of a commonplace experience." — William Faulkner
“It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities.” — J.K. Rowling
"The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes." — Agatha Christie
“The only way to deal with this life meaningfully is to find one’s passion and put everything into it.” — Raymond Chandler
"I like stories that start with the first line." — J.D. Saling
“You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.” — Stephen King
"The only thing I have is a love for writing." — John Grisham
“The only reason I write is to find out what happens next.” — Salman Rushdie
"The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting." — Milan Kundera
“Writing is the way to get rid of what is heavy and to become lighter.” — Elena Ferrante
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." — Anne Rice
“Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man.” — Nabokov
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any." — Alice Walker
“The future is a race between education and catastrophe.” — H.G. Wells
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." — T.S. Eliot
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“Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.” — T.S. Eliot
"You have to write a book that wants to be written." — Ray Bradbury
“The only thing I have is a love for writing.” — John Grisham
"The future is already here — it's just not very evenly distributed." — William Gibson
“The only way to deal with this life meaningfully is to find one’s passion and put everything into it.” — Raymond Chandler
"The best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes." — Agatha Christie
“I believe that the artist is the one who can make a riddle out of a commonplace experience.” — William Faulkner
"The novel, like the dream, is an act of rebellion against the forces of conformity and death." — Carlos Fuentes
“You have to take risks. We will only understand the miracle of life fully when we allow the unexpected to happen.” — Beverley Harper
"I want to do with you what spring does with the cherry trees." — Pablo Neruda
“The writer’s job is to make the characters come alive and to make their actions believable.” — Eudora Welty
"Writing is a way of trying to understand life." — Margaret Atwood
“The role of the writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.” — Toni Cade Bambara
"Writing is a way of not going mad." — Jean-Paul Sartre
“The writer must learn to keep his mouth shut, and the only way to do this is to keep writing.” — V.S. Naipaul
"I think we are well advised to keep on nodding terms with the people we used to be, whether we find them attractive company or not." — Joan Didion
“I hate writing. I love having written.” — Dorothy Parker
"We are each other’s business." — Nikki Giovanni
“I like stories that start with the first line.” — J.D. Salinger
"You can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will." — Stephen King
“The only thing I have is a love for writing.” — John Grisham
"The only reason I write is to find out what happens next." — Salman Rushdie
“The struggle of man against power is the struggle of memory against forgetting.” — Milan Kundera
"You have to write a book that wants to be written." — Ray Bradbury
“Writing is the way to get rid of what is heavy and to become lighter.” — Elena Ferrante
"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." — Anne Rice
“Literature and butterflies are the two sweetest passions known to man.” — Naboko
"The most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any." — Alice Walker
“The future is a race between education and catastrophe.” — H.G. Wells
"The truth will set you free. But not until it is finished with you." — David Foster Wallace
“The goal isn’t to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.” — Chuck Palahniuk
"You have to be willing to be a little bit embarrassed for your work." — Zadie Smith
“I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.” — Jorge Luis Borges
"The world is full of stories, but the stories that matter are the ones we tell ourselves." — Willa Cather
“A play is a story that you write with your own blood.” — Arthur Miller
"If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it." — Toni Morrison
“The future is already here — it’s just not very evenly distributed.” — William Gibson
"Buy the ticket, take the ride." — Hunter S. Thompson
“The only thing that makes life possible is permanent, intolerable uncertainty; not knowing what comes next.” — Aldous Huxley
"The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt." — Sylvia Plath
“The only way to have a friend is to be one.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson
"The artist, like the bee, must be able to do the necessary work before he can create the honey." — James Joyce
“You can make anything by writing.” — C.S. Lewis
"The writer is someone who can make a riddle out of a commonplace experience." — John Updike
“I’ve got to do something. It’s the only way I know how to get the message across.” — Kurt Vonnegut
"Writing is a form of therapy; sometimes I wonder how all those, who do not write, manage to escape the madness, the melancholia, the panic, and the fear which is inherent in the human condition." — Isabel Allende
“What matters in life is not what happens to you but what you remember and how you remember it.” — Gabriel García Márquez
"A book must be the axe for the frozen sea within us." — Franz Kafka
“A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.” — Lao Tzu
"Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go." — T.S. Eliot
“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.” — Paul Auster
"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view." — Harper Lee
“A reader lives a thousand lives before he dies. The man who never reads lives only one.” — George R.R. Martin
"The world always seems brighter when you’ve just made something that wasn’t there before." — Neil Gaiman
“The only way to deal with this life meaningfully is to find one’s passion and put everything into it.” — Raymond Chandler
"You don’t write because you want to say something; you write because you have something to say." — Harlan Coben
“Write hard and clear about what hurts.” — Ernest Hemingway
"You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read." — James Baldwin
“The real voyage of discovery consists not in seeking new landscapes, but in having new eyes.” — Marcel Proust
"The writer must believe that what he is doing is the right thing to do." — John Steinbeck
“Tell all the truth but tell it slant.” — Emily Dickinson
"People always think something’s all true or all false. I don’t believe that." — J.D. Salinger
“The best time for planning a book is while you’re doing the dishes.” — Agatha Christie
“We are all in the gutter, but some of us are looking at the stars.” — Oscar Wilde
"I only write when I am inspired. Fortunately, I am inspired at 9 o’clock every morning." — William Faulknz
“You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water.” — Rabindranath Tagore
“Writing a book is a horrible, exhausting struggle, like a long bout with some painful illness.” — George Orwell
"Be regular and orderly in your life, so that you may be violent and original in your work." — Gustave Flaubert
“You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you.” — Ray Bradbury
"It is our choices that show what we truly are, far more than our abilities." — J.K. Rowling
“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” — Stephen King
"You can’t cross the sea merely by standing and staring at the water." – Rabindranath Tagore
“The highest education is that which does not merely give us information but makes our life in harmony with all existence.” – Rabindranath Tagore
"The world is so full of different types of people, and I have learned to accept them all." – R. K. Narayan
“There is no greater joy than discovering how much love one has to give.” – R. K. Narayan
"Let your life lightly dance on the edges of Time like dew on the tip of a leaf." – Rabindranath Tagore
“Faith is the bird that feels the light when the dawn is still dark.” – Rabindranath Tagore
"The butterfly counts not months but moments, and has time enough." – Rabindranath Tagore
“It is not the story that makes a book great; it is the telling of it.” – R. K. Narayan
"The truth is what you can get away with." – Salman Rushdie
“The writer’s job is to get the story right.” – Salman Rushdie
"People often think that the novel is dead, but it is more alive now than ever." – Salman Rushdie
“There is no greater power in the world than the power of a woman who has found her voice.” – Arundhati Roy
"Love is not about finding someone to live with; it’s about finding someone you can’t imagine living without." – Chetan Bhagat
“The God of Small Things is about the triumph of love over the restrictions of society.” – Arundhati Roy
"The story of success is not about how high you can reach, but about how many times you can bounce back from failure." – Chetan Bhagat
“The only way to deal with the madness of the world is to create your own world.” – Arundhati Roy
"The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others." – Khushwant Singh
“I am not a writer. I am a reader.” – Jhumpa Lahiri
"There is nothing more important than the present moment." – Khushwant Singh
“In the end, it’s all about the connections we make with others.” – Jhumpa Lahiri
"Love is not a thing you can hold onto; it is a feeling that grows and fades." – Kamala Das
“The greatest pleasure of writing is that it allows you to get lost in your own world.” – Ruskin Bond
"Stories are a way of understanding the world, and they can help you make sense of your own life." – Ruskin Bond
“Nature has a way of teaching us the most important lessons if we just take the time to listen.” – Ruskin Bond
"History is not just about what happened, but about how we understand it." – Manan Kapoor
“The power of a story lies in its ability to connect with the reader on a personal level.” – Manan Kapoor
"The true value of a person is not in what they possess, but in what they give." – Mulk Raj Anand
“The struggle for social justice is a fight that never truly ends.” – Mulk Raj Anand
"Literature has the power to change the world, one reader at a time." – Mulk Raj Anand
“The truth is that no matter how far you go, the past will always be with you. You can’t run away from it. But you can choose how you deal with it and how you move forward.” – Ishmael Beah
"The past is a foreign country; they do things differently there." – Pankaj Mishra
“When I was a child, I had this dream of going to the moon. I wanted to leave this earth and fly away to another world where everything was perfect. But now I know that the only way to escape is to face the reality and fight for a better world here.” – Ishmael Beah
"To understand the present, you must first understand the past." – Pankaj Mishra
“In the end, the most important thing is not how many battles you’ve fought, but how many times you’ve gotten up after falling and continued to fight for what you believe in.” – Ishmael Beah
"The age of anger is not just about anger; it is about the search for meaning in a changing world." – Pankaj Mishra
“The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others.” — Rabindranath Tagore
