Category: Inspiration

“Any fool can know. The point is to understand.” Albert Einstein

“The only true wisdom is in knowing you know nothing.” Socrates

“Don’t be a writer—be writing.” William Faulkner

“Bad writing is better than no writing.” Dina Santorelli

“There are rules for writing a novel…unfortunately, no one knows what they are.” W. Somerset Maugham

“A writer only begins a book. A reader finishes it.” Samuel Johnson

“If you wait for inspiration to write, you’re not a writer, you’re a waiter.” Dan Poynter

“That is part of the beauty of all literature. You discover that your longings are universal longings—that you’re not lonely and isolated from anyone. You belong.” F. Scott Fitzgerald

“Poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.” Leonardo da Vinci

“When we consider a book, we mustn’t ask ourselves what it says but what it means.” Umberto Eco, The Name of the Rose