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Just like in any career, those who write like to talk about their craft. What is different about writers when they do this is that those who are good have learned to communicate effectively and because of this quotes about writing are some of the most interesting available. Not only thi,s but they encapsulate most of the lessons that you need to learn to become an effective writer. These quotes can generally be separated into three categories. Why we write. How to write, and the business of writing.

Why we write

If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. ~Toni Morrison

The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium. ~Norbet Platt

Writing became such a process of discovery that I couldn't wait to get to work in the morning: I wanted to know what I was going to say. ~Sharon O'Brien

When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can cure it but the scratching of a pen. But if you have not a pen, I suppose you must scratch any way you can. ~Samuel Lover, Handy Andy

I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions. ~James Michener

Writing, I think, is not apart from living. Writing is a kind of double living. The writer experiences everything twice. Once in reality and once in that mirror which waits always before or behind. ~Catherine Drinker Bowen, Atlantic, December 1957 Ink on paper is as beautiful to me as flowers on the mountains; God composes, why shouldn't we? ~Audra Foveo-Alba

If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad. ~Lord Byron

Writing is a struggle against silence. ~Carlos Fuentes

You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what's burning inside you. And we edit to let the fire show through the smoke. ~Arthur Polotnik

I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die. Isaac Asimov

How to write

There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein. ~Walter Wellesley "Red" Smith

I try to leave out the parts that people skip. ~Elmore Leonard

Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very;" your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. ~Mark Twain

I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter. ~James Michener

The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive

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