25 Quotes Every Writer Needs to Overcome Writer’s Block

By Aspiring Writer Academy | April 23, 2024 |

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We all know the struggle of staring at a blank page, waiting for motivation or inspiration to strike. That's why we've put together this handy list of 25 Quotes Every Writer Needs to Overcome Writer’s Block. Consider it your virtual pep talk, delivered straight to your screen, to kick that writer's block to the curb and get you back in the zone!

1. "The scariest moment is always just before you start." - Stephen King

2. "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club." - Jack London

3. "The secret of getting ahead is getting started." - Mark Twain

4. "You fail only if you stop writing." - Ray Bradbury

5. "You can't use up creativity. The more you use, the more you have." - Maya Angelou

6. "Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration, the rest of us just get up and go to work." - Stephen King

7. "The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair." - Mary Heaton Vorse

8. "You can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page." - Jodi Picoult

9. "There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you." - Maya Angelou

10. "The first draft is just you telling yourself the story." - Terry Pratchett

11. "Writing is like driving at night in the fog. You can only see as far as your headlights, but you can make the whole trip that way." - E.L. Doctorow

12. "Start writing, no matter what. The water does not flow until the faucet is turned on." - Louis L'Amour

13. "I write to give myself strength. I write to be the characters that I am not. I write to explore all the things I'm afraid of." - Joss Whedon

14. "A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit." - Richard Bach

15. You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you." - Ray Bradbury

16. "You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it." - Octavia Butler

"You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it." - Octavia Butler

17. "The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt." - Sylvia Plath

18. "There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed." - Ernest Hemingway

19. "The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon." - Robert Cormier

20. "Writing is the painting of the voice." - Voltaire

21. "You write your first draft with your heart, and you rewrite with your head." - Sean Connery

22. "The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say." - Anaïs Nin

23. "Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind, is written large in his works." - Virginia Woolf

24. "The only way to do great work is to love what you do." - Steve Jobs

25."One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple." - Jack Kerouac

We hope you've found inspiration, motivation, and perhaps even a new favorite quote or two to keep in your writer's toolkit. Remember, writing is a journey filled with peaks and valleys, and writer's block is just another bump along the road. So take a deep breath, embrace the creative process, and know that every word you write brings you one step closer to realizing your literary dreams. Keep pushing forward, stay true to your voice, and never give up on your dreams!

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