Be Inspired! Writing Quotes Gallery - Write to Relax

Be Inspired! Writing Quotes Gallery

Every so often I find myself needing a shot of encouragement when I write. This gallery offers words of wisdom to help with writing for relaxation. Drop by any time you need some extra nourishment and motivation.

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‘I love it when writing reveals something unexpected. Take a word or idea that you thought was mundane, put it next to another idea and suddenly it takes you in an unexpected direction.’ Cheryl Moskowitz

'All you have to do is write one true sentence. Write the truest sentence that you know.' Ernest Hemingway

'Write from the soul, not from some notion about what you think the marketplace wants. The market is fickle; the soul is eternal.' Jeffrey Carver

'Go to the edge of the cliff and jump off. Build your wings on the way down.' Ray Bradbury

'I can shake off everything if I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.' Anne Frank

‘Make yourself a priority every once in a while. It's not selfish. It's necessary.’ Mandy Hale

’If my body is relaxed then my mind is more likely to be relaxed. Before I write, I like to take a few deep breaths and to shake out any tension in my muscles.' Kate McBarron

‘The time to relax is when you don’t have time for it.’ Sydney Harris

'It is a delicious thing to write, to be no longer yourself but to move in an entire universe of your own creating.' Gustave Flaubert

'What pursuit is more elegant than that of collecting the ignominies of our nature and transfixing them for show, each on the bright pin of a polished phrase?' Logan P. Smith

‘Writing: It starts at the keyboard and it ends at the far corners of the universe.’ Vincent Lowry

'Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.' Rudyard Kipling

'Just leave your mind alone; your intuition knows what it wants to write, so get out of the way.' Ray Bradbury

‘What inspires me to write is silence, a cup of coffee, blank pages, nature, maybe all these things and sometimes just one of them in high doses works wonders.’ Sakshi Singh

‘Writing is a way to connect. To ourselves, to other people, and to our surroundings. Connection is what keeps us going and keeps us growing.’ Francesca Baker

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