Writing From The Heart Quotes

“Words are the writer's sorcery, our dark arts and our sleight of hand. They're our enchantment and our temptation”
― Karl Wiggins, Self-Publishing In the Eye of the Storm

“There is just too much cruelty, selfishness and corruption in the world not to want to crush the poisonous will of those who cause it by writing about it as powerfully as I can.”
― Carla H. Krueger

“Men who create art feel a zillion times happier than men who create wealth.
Art lives on but wealth diminishes.”
― Michael Bassey Johnson, The Book of Maxims, Poems and Anecdotes

“A real piece of writing is one in which the writer has tried to enrich not only the book, but also his understanding of the words. The words themselves have to be open to new ideas and suggestions, and the writer himself must have the audacity to attempt new things and to risk failure”
― Karl Wiggins, Self-Publishing In the Eye of the Storm

“I like to think I’ve written something worth reading when I cry the tears of the characters.”
― Carla H. Krueger

“Every one of the big breakthroughs in the art of literature have possibly started as what many would call a ludicrous or even laughable idea as the writer occasionally balances a routine piece with an investment in the eccentric and untried. Over time, the reward is usually worth the risk.”
― Karl Wiggins, Self-Publishing In the Eye of the Storm

“Every one of the big breakthroughs in the art of literature have possibly started as what many would call a ludicrous or even laughable idea as the writer occasionally balances a routine piece with an investment in the eccentric and untried. Over time, the reward is usually worth the risk”
― Karl Wiggins, Self-Publishing In the Eye of the Storm

“Writing is more about telling other peoples' stories than your own”
― Carla H. Krueger

“Sometimes writing can take you to such dark places it can be nearly impossible to come back from; a part of you is left there, in the words you've bled onto paper, in the emotions you've let loose upon the page, and eventually, the world.”
― D Michael Hardy

“If we don't feel, what's the use of it? It's only words on a page.”
― Mark A Morris (UK)

“Ideas either age like fine wine or rot like potatoes over time.”
― Pawan Mishra, On Writing Wonderfully: The Craft of Creative Fiction Writing

“My sincere desire is to write in a style that is simple enough for a child to understand, yet powerful enough to change lives.”
― Rev. Lorna Lorraine Wilson

“A writer tears open their soul for you
We lay bare our fears and woes for you
We pour our heart onto the page for you
We unleash our demons for you
Letters like blood smear the page for you
The world's pain we absorb for you
A delicate path of sanity walked for you

Only for you to -

Crumple the page in disdain
You will not abdicate your reign
In the oblivion of life, you’ll remain

As I continue to write for you”
― Theresa Jacobs

“When I have written my last word, I will have taken my last breath.”
― Paige Skyler

“If a plot is a novel's skeleton, and characters are the muscle, then theme is its soul.”
― Janice Hardy, Revising Your Novel: First Draft to Finished Draft

“Stories are the way we see ourselves.”
― Sandra Marinella, The Story You Need to Tell: Writing to Heal from Trauma, Illness, or Loss

“I think one of the best gifts you could offer me, as a writer, is to engage with my words, to tell me how they felt to you. To let me, for a moment, see my words through your eyes. And it feels like you read my words so carefully, that you were gentle with them, nurturing. I feel loved and seen by the way you responded. Thank you for caring for the words that rise from my soul.”
― Ashley Asti, I Have Waited for You: Letters from Prison

“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

“I’m always pouring myself out, making oceans with my mouth, working to get this oppressed emotion out of me.”
― H. Nix, Oracle Incarnate: A book of inspiration, short stories, prose, and revelations.

“Writers write for the book lovers. And when the readers are soulful and sensitive to understand the nuances and subtleties of a story, then writing and reading the lines of your book becomes a pleasure!”
― Avijeet Das, Why the Silhouette?

“The last chapter in 'Alice in Worcestershire' is called 'Writing the book'.
I started to write that 'Diary' chapter at the very beginning of the process and followed it through to the end... speaking to the reader.

My decision to do this was because I've often read autobiographies and wondered how the author felt and how it impacted them writing about painful memories that had been locked away in a deep forgotten place.
I wanted to know what was going in their 'present' life while they were writing; about the struggle with sharing their inner secrets and... I'm... inquisitive. (nosy)!

It took me over five years to finish 'Alice in Worcestershire' because sometimes, I was simply too drained to continue. Periodically, I updated the 'Diary' chapter and, thankfully, it's enthusiastically appreciated by readers.”
― Eskay Teel, Alice in Worcestershire

“dear me

i think i can run miles after miles through my mind by imaginary flyover ,gather all together to write down on my notebook.”
― litymunshi

“They are so beautiful: your words" she told me.
And I said "No, you are!”
― Avijeet Das

“In school the red pen was a moat; it needed to be breached; and so it was...”
― Nanette L. Avery

“To be a writer is to be forever burdened by the endless tug of war between that of your craft and your life.”
― A.K. Kuykendall

“Words sing and dance too!”
― Avijeet Das

“Look at writing, like riding a bicycle for the first time. In the beginning, you will make plenty of mistakes, get your knee discoloured, and your skin chopped a few times. Perhaps a dozen times, and it is nothing strange. The fact is you are a newcomer. The relationship between the crank, pedal, handlebar, brake lever, and everything else that goes into riding a bicycle, you do not understand yet. Still, that does not mean you cannot ride one. With a little more practice and grit, you will gain mastery in riding a bicycle. The same process goes with any human activity – singing, cooking, plumbing, etc.”
― David Jeremiah, Unpublished: Top 18 Tips to Take You from An Idea to Becoming A Self-Published Author

“no academic status is required to write a book, life is unlimited and has no formula, beside school, I can still live and experience many nagging situations of which I learn many different life lessons that I can teach others.”
― Anath Lee Wales

“The first draft is for me. Every other draft is for someone else.”
― Veronica Purcell

“C'est avec ma main et avec mon cœur que j'écris, pas avec mes yeux”
― Marie Vieux-Chauvet, Love, Anger, Madness: A Haitian Trilogy