Inspirational quotes about writing, creativity and inspiration.
“All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them.” ~ Walt Disney
“Creativity takes courage.” ~ Henri Matisse
“I never write ‘metropolis’ for seven cents, because I can get the same money for ‘city.’ I never write ‘policeman,’ because I can get the same price for ‘cop.’” ~ Mark Twain
“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
“If you want a happy ending, that depends, of course, on where you stop your story.” ~ Orson Welles
“A goal is a dream with a deadline.” ~ Napoleon Hill
“Watch with glittering eyes the whole world around you because the greatest secrets are always hidden in the most unlikely places. Those who don’t believe in magic will never find it.” ~ Roald Dahl
“Maybe we should develop a Crayola bomb as our next secret weapon. A happiness weapon. A beauty bomb. And every time a crisis developed, we would launch one. It would explode high in the air – explode softly – and send thousands, millions, of little parachutes into the air. Floating down to earth – boxes of Crayolas. And we wouldn’t go cheap, either – not little boxes of eight. Boxes of sixty-four, with the sharpener built right in. With silver and gold and copper, magenta and peach and lime, amber and umber and all the rest. And people would smile and get a little funny look on their faces and cover the world with imagination.” ~ Robert Fulghum
“Around here, however, we don’t look backwards for very long. We keep moving forward, opening up new doors and doing new things… and curiosity keeps leading us down new paths.” ~ Walt Disney
“Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow.” ~ Lawrence Clark Powell
“I wouldn’t describe myself as fearless, but I think you have to accept the possibility of failure if you want to achieve anything, in any field.” ~ Steve Gerber
“A man who dares to waste one hour of time has not discovered the value of life.” ~ Charles Darwin
“The beginning is always today.” ~ Mary Wollstonecraft Shelly
“We are the music makers and we are the dreamers of dreams.” ~ Willy Wonka
“Do not follow where the path may lead. Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.” ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson
“Shoot for the moon. Even if you miss, you’ll land among the stars.” ~ Les Brown
“The way to get started is to quit talking and begin doing.” ~ Walt Disney
“If you fell down yesterday, stand up today.” ~ H. G. Wells
“Life is a long lesson in humility.” ~ James M. Barrie
“The only place success comes before work is in the dictionary.” ~ Vince Lombardi
“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.” ~ Anais Nin
“Talent does what it can; genius does what it must.” ~ Robert Bulwer-Lytton
“I don’t know the key to success, but the key to failure is trying to please everybody.” ~ Bill Cosby
“We are the hero of our own story.” ~ Mary McCarthy
“Wonder rather than doubt is the root of all knowledge.” ~ Abraham Joshua Heschel
“I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.” ~ Douglas Adams
“I want to write books that unlock the traffic jam in everybody’s head.” ~ John Updike
