Quotes about Keep Writing

I just want to keep writing music. Votes: 4

I keep writing because it is deeply pleasurable to me. Votes: 4

The only real advice you can give anyone is to keep writing. Votes: 4

Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope, some day, to find something to say. Votes: 4

I feel like you just need to keep writing until the writing itself just begins to take shape. Votes: 4

When you're a songwriter and you click with someone, you tend to want to keep writing with that person. Votes: 4

The M.F.A. is a degree in servitude. It is a way to keep writing safe - to keep reading safe from writing. Votes: 4

The most important advice I can offer is that writing is a craft that you can learn by practicing. If you keep writing, you will improve. Votes: 4

There are all these things I want to do when I don't have to finish a book. But I have to keep writing because I keep having children. Votes: 4

I use writing as a counselling session - recently I've written a song for Paloma Faith, so after being a singer, I'm happy to keep writing for other people. Votes: 4

If I had to give up everything else and keep just one aspect of the job, I'd have to keep writing because I love it. Yes, I enjoy performing, too. But I couldn't give up writing material. Votes: 4

It's okay to be crazy as long as you keep writing and are happy. Votes: 3

She can't keep writing about what a tragic little hero I am, it'll get boring. Votes: 3

To find the courage to keep writing after constant failure is awesomeness. Winning is eminent. Votes: 3

Shame can kill the imagination. It's hard to keep writing in the face of cultural derision. Votes: 3

Just write, get better, keep writing, keep getting better. It's the only thing you can control. Votes: 3

As long as one person reads the bullshit I put on paper, and likes it, i'll keep writing. Votes: 3

Successful writers are not the ones who write the best sentences. They are the ones who keep writing. Votes: 3

To be honest I'd just love to keep writing hits for other people... That's kind of my secret dream. Votes: 3

i still have no way to survive but to keep writing one line, one more line, one more line... Votes: 3

Well, I just wanted to be a person. I just wanted them to keep writing me as humanistic as possible. Votes: 3

The biggest sacrifice to me is to not be in an atmosphere where I can keep writing and moving forward. Votes: 3

My main thing is just to keep writing. I've been doing some songwriting that's for my own record, I suppose. Votes: 3

I keep writing children’s books, I keep making children’s books, because I still have them inside of me. Votes: 3

[Townies] was a huge cast. It was a bit ungainly, I think with 12 regular characters they had to keep writing for. Votes: 3

It's amazing what I could've written in my life if I had realized that I should keep writing and not masturbating. Votes: 3

The only advice anybody can give is, if you wanna be a writer, keep writing. And read all you can, read everything. Votes: 3

There is always a gap between conception and execution. We keep writing in the burning hope of closing that gap before we die. Votes: 3

I don't know what's wrong with me. It's like all I can do is keep writing this gibberish to keep from breaking apart. Votes: 3

In the face of entropy and nothingness, you kind of have to pretend it's not there if you want to keep writing good code. Votes: 3

Strangely, I always have a lot of cut scenes. I keep writing shorter and shorter scripts, thinking that this time, I'll get all my scenes in. Votes: 3

I don't have any structured grand plan; I just intend to keep writing about the things that interest me-some of which change, some of which don't. Votes: 3

I feel a passion for what we're trying to do.I mean, why does somebody who's old who's a writer keep writing? Because that's who they are. Votes: 3

In order to be a living, breathing thing, a novel has to be failed in some kind of way. Or at least that's how I keep writing them. Votes: 3

Now I think poetry will save nothing from oblivion, but I keep writing about the ordinary because for me it's the home of the extraordinary, the only home. Votes: 3

So, it's a continual process of trial and error and then I find things and I throw it out and start again, but I keep writing it over again. Votes: 3

In my view, a writer is a writer because even when there is no hope, even when nothing you do shows any sign of promise, you keep writing anyway. Votes: 3

I don't have any desire to retire in the sense of not doing anything. As long as the Lord gives me strength I want to keep writing and keep preaching. Votes: 3

Every morning when I awake I ask myself whether I should write or blow up a dam. I tell myself I should keep writing, though I'm not sure that's right Votes: 3

The reason that I keep writing is that all my most powerful messages about the fates of wild places that I care about need to have words as well as images Votes: 3

Because there's just so much in a day now, I keep writing in much more abstract terms, like I don't try to write about what happened anymore. It would be impossible. Votes: 3

I don't have the strength to keep writing this. To go on living with this feeling is painful beyond description. Isn't there someone kind enough to strangle me in my sleep? Votes: 3

The reason that I keep writing is that all my most powerful messages about the fates of wild places that I care about need to have words as well as images. Votes: 3

My name became a brand, and I'd love to say that was the plan from the start. But the only plan was to keep writing books. And I've stuck to that ever since. Votes: 3

I'd say, don't listen to what anyone says: you're good. Go put your anorak on. Get your thick bottle-top specs. Draw your little cartoons and your comics and keep writing to the BBC. Votes: 3

I just want to keep writing characters who are interesting and complicated people and interesting roles for women, in TV or film or in theater. I think that's like my 'Blues Brothers' mission. Votes: 3

I intend to keep writing Christmas songs. There's still a lot more about Christmas that can be captured and feel like old-time Christmas. A lot of the traditions haven't been explained in song. Votes: 3

People will tell you that writing is too difficult, that it's impossible to get your work published, that you might as well hang yourself. Meanwhile, they'll keep writing and you'll have hanged yourself. Votes: 3

We'll keep writing and if it hits our standards we'll go with it. We're not here to destroy anything. It's as precious to us as it is for someone who's followed us for years. Votes: 3

If I don't stay creative and if I don't stay in the studio and keep writing and recording, I get kind of depressed. I can't quite remember what I'm supposed to be doing with myself. Votes: 3

So, the combination of looking at lots of different people and how they react to each other and how they relate to each other and waiting for that inspiration is the thing that allows me to keep writing. Votes: 3

I think I know what my bandmates like or are interested in or would be interested in doing. I take ideas and I develop them, get rid of some ideas, keep writing, and then new things come up. Votes: 3

Even if I never sold another book, I'd keep writing, because the stories are here, in my head. Stories that just need to be told. I love watching a plot unfold, and feeling the surprise when the unexpected happens. Votes: 3

Every writer prefers good reviews over bad ones, and every writer wants to have lots of readers. But if it doesn't happen, that's fine too. Perhaps I won't throw a party then; I'll simply go home and keep writing. Votes: 3

Rather than thinking in terms of a specific genre or specific kind of thing, I hope I can just stay relatively small and keep making my movies. If I can keep writing them and making them, I'll be happy. Votes: 3

At readings, audience members sometimes ask if I keep writing past the two hours if I'm on a roll, but I don't. I figure that if I'm on a roll, it's partially because I know I'm about to stop. Votes: 3

Sometimes when I'm stuck, I really do need that cup of tea, or that chocolate, or a break, or a walk, but in most cases what I actually need to do is make myself keep writing until it flows again. Votes: 3

The best advice I have is keep writing, keep practicing, keep winning, losing and understanding the difference. Never stop learning, never stop pushing yourself. Then find yourself a team you can work well with and help make awesome things happen. Votes: 3

I was in such a creative groove after turning in my last book (The Andy Cohen Diaries: A Deep Look at a Shallow Year) that I decided to keep writing in the hope that I'd one day do a sequel. Votes: 3

A lot of people can figure out the social media aspect of it, or the merchandising aspect, or whatever and get enough momentum to start a career. To sustain it, you have to keep writing and you have to keep creating. Votes: 3

Teen magazines keep writing that my eyes ´twinkle´ when I talk. Look, I´m a guy. I don´t twinkle, you know! You can say that my eyes ´sparkle´ maybe, but not ´twinkle´ alright? Got that teen magazine writers?! Votes: 3

For anyone who is: just keep writing. Keep reading. If you are meant to be a writer, a storyteller, it'll work itself out. You just keep feeding it your energy, and giving it that crucial chance to work itself out. By reading and writing. Votes: 3

I don't write for an audience. I write for myself. And if I imagine an audience at all, it's the characters, but I know that I would keep writing even if no one ever published me again, even if no one ever read me again. Votes: 3

After I won the Pulitzer, there was this sense of, 'OK, that's enough for you. Now go away.' What I wanted was to keep writing, keep working. But no one would produce anything of mine they didn't think would be as big as ''night, Mother.' Votes: 3

So research is a terribly imperfect science, and you learn an awful lot more after you've published a book, because people keep writing to you and saying, 'Oh, gosh, I was related to such and such a character and I have a letter in my possession.' Votes: 3

Successful writers are not the ones who write the best sentences. They are the ones who keep writing. They are the ones who discover what is most important and strangest and most pleasurable in themselves, and keep believing in the value of their work, despite the difficulties. Votes: 3

I do not remember where I read that there are two kinds of poets: the good poets, who at a certain point destroy their bad poems and go off to run guns in Africa, and the bad poets, who publish theirs and keep writing more until they die. Votes: 3

The writer's duty is to keep on writing. Votes: 2

Writing is like playing golf - you have to keep working at your swing. Votes: 2

No matter how much money I made from writing, I'd keep the bookstore job. Votes: 2

I need to keep traveling, being a gypsy, having experiences and writing about them. Votes: 2

I want to keep publishing books, and writing and spreading my heartsong through the world. Votes: 2

I am 82 years old. I imagine that I will keep on writing as long as anyone wants to keep reading. Votes: 2

I am always writing; if you want to survive in this business, you need to keep working, keep creating and never stop the output. Votes: 2

So long as readers keep reading and my publishers keep publishing, I plan to keep on writing. I'd have to be an idiot to be burnt-out in this job. Votes: 2

If you're a writer, write. You just keep writing. And if you're a filmmaker, you keep doing what you can to keep telling your stories; you don't stay on the one. Keep moving forward and doing what you can to tell whatever story you can tell, be it via writing, be it via filming it. Votes: 2

The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write and keep on writing. Votes: 0

I have tried my best to keep my country alive by writing about it. Votes: 0

Don't write what you know. Write what you love. That's what will keep you writing. Votes: 0

I keep my TV writing and my book writing almost wholly separate. The audiences feel so different. Votes: 0

Writers have to keep on writing if they want to mature, like caterpillars endlessly chewing on leaves. Votes: 0

If your writing doesn`t keep you up at night, it won`t keep anyone else up either". Votes: 0

Writing improves in direct ratio to the things we can keep out of it that shouldn't be there. Votes: 0

Often the block [in writing] comes from the wall of words that keep out the simplicity of sense. Votes: 0

Writing is a necessary thing for me, just to keep myself level. It has beneficial effects on my life. Votes: 0

The key to writing successful YA is to keep the adults out of the story as much as possible. Votes: 0

At this stage, my chief professional goal is simply to keep on writing and making a living at it. Votes: 0

I like writing songs - I keep saying that one day I'll do something with them, but I haven't yet. Votes: 0

The songs keep on writing themselves, and I really love them. It's as close as I get to a religion. Votes: 0

I love stand-up, but the process of writing is a little more lonely. I want to keep doing both, though. Votes: 0

Keep writing. Keep doing it and doing it. Even in the moments when it's so hurtful to think about writing. Votes: 0

When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence. Votes: 0

People are writing shorter jokes. The style I've started with was almost trying to keep jokes under 140 characters before Twitter. Votes: 0

It's essential to have sacred time for writing. All successful authors have some daily commitment to keep on-track and moving forward. Votes: 0

Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties. Votes: 0

If your book doesn't keep you up nights when you are writing it, it won't keep anyone up nights reading it. Votes: 0

Keep your paragraphs short. Writing is visual - it catches the eye before it has a chance to catch the brain. Votes: 0

My aunt could never understand how writing could be a full-time job. She'd keep asking when I'd get a real job! Votes: 0

My aunt could never understand how writing could be a full-time job. She'd keep asking when I'd get a real job!. Votes: 0

There's an awful temptation to just keep on researching. There comes a point where you just have to stop, and start writing. Votes: 0

Writing fulfils an insatiable drive. Finishing the story satisfies my thirst. But I must keep drinking until the story quenches a buyer. Votes: 0

Actually I'm writing as best I can, in order to keep the momentum and the career there, but I want to live. Votes: 0

I was a businessman for 16 years of my life, so when I started writing, I wanted to keep my literary identity separate. Votes: 0

I try to keep my voice in writing, and I think that's why I get so many complaints about how I write. Votes: 0

For those who can do it and who keep their nerve, writing for a living still beats most real, grown-up jobs hands down. Votes: 0

All I'm writing is just what I feel, that's all. I just keep it almost naked. And probably the words are so bland. Votes: 0

If you schlep a shit job everyday, keep and feed a little secret life--whether it's writing, art, running, music, your thoughts. It's yours. Votes: 0

Writing of every kind is a way to wake oneself up and keep as alive as when one has just fallen in love. Votes: 0

But I begin to think the chief difficulty in writing a book must be to keep out what does not belong to it. Votes: 0

When someone gives you advice, just ask them to give it in writing and they will either keep mum or will run from there. Votes: 0

I sometimes think about writing just to keep my mind active when I'm not working, but I don't think I would be good enough. Votes: 0

When I'm not acting, I'm writing, building an inventory of scripts. Even if they sit on the shelf, I just keep stacking them up. Votes: 0

I keep thinking about blood, I dream about it. Wake up thinking about it. Pretty soon I'll be writing morbid emo poetry about it. Votes: 0

You learn by writing short stories. Keep writing short stories. The money's in novels, but writing short stories keeps your writing lean and pointed. Votes: 0

Whatever's happening today, remember it is only ONE SCENE in a long movie. Don't treat it like it's the whole story. Keep writing the story. Votes: 0

I like to joke that I started writing long poems out the anxiety over ending and starting poems. It just seemed easier to keep going. Votes: 0

I tried to write poems in rhyme. I tried writing songs. Sometimes I jotted down a thought. I would keep a log of spontaneous thoughts. Votes: 0

Sometimes writing is running downhill, your fingers jerking behind you on the keyboard the way your legs do when they can't quite keep up with gravity. Votes: 0

Lots of times I'm not crazy about the writing, but I keep moving ahead and somehow it gets better. The important thing is to move forward. Votes: 0

I'm pretty disciplined to keep the momentum of a story going by writing everyday, even if it's only a couple paragraphs or a page or two. Votes: 0

We collaborate on everything. I'm involved in the writing and pre-production. There's a whole bunch of people who keep in touch at every step about everything. Votes: 0

My writing tends to become very dense, so I have to keep some cushion. Sometimes, words that seem superfluous are actually essential for the overall effect. Votes: 0

Wherein we discover that many of the "rules" for good writing and good sex are the same: Keep your hand moving, lose control, and don't think. Votes: 0

As the news agenda goes into warp speed, it becomes ever more difficult for authors writing about current events to keep their books timely and relevant. Votes: 0

Producing writing is not so much like filling a basin or pool once, but rather getting water to keep flowing through till finally it runs clear. Votes: 0

Better to think of writing, of what one does, as an activity, rather than an identity to keep the calling a verb rather than a noun. Votes: 0

The press keep asking me, 'What was your biggest mistake?' But if I had made a big mistake, they'd all be writing about it, wouldn't they? Votes: 0

Occasionally when I'm procrastinating writing, I'll while away the hours on iTunes. You can just keep going forever and find these bands you'd never normally hear of. Votes: 0

You keep your followers confused when you begin very well and give up too early... Suspense is useful in movies, but useless when writing your success stories! Votes: 0

Sometimes I dream that I'm writing a memoir. A memoir would just be the thing to keep me in the hearts and memories of my adoring public. Votes: 0

I don't keep my books around... they would embarrass me. When I finish writing my books, I kick them in the belly, and have done with them. Votes: 0

Many debt collectors offer a lump sum option so ask. And if you get it, make sure it's in writing and you keep the payoff statement FOREVER. Votes: 0

Even if I knew for certain that I would never have anything published again, and would never make another cent from it, I would still keep on writing. Votes: 0

Novelists are people who have discovered that they can dampen their neuroses by writing make-believe. We will keep on doing that no matter what, while offering loftier explanations. Votes: 0

All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. Certain themes keep coming up: justice, loyalty, violence, death, political and social issues, freedom. Votes: 0

As a storyteller, when you're writing a movie and when you're directing, you want to keep people entertained. That's the whole point, right? It has to be entertaining. Votes: 0

You can't be blocked if you just keep on writing words. Any words. People who get 'blocked' make the mistake of thinking they have to write good words. Votes: 0

I have always hated flying. I mainly pass the time writing letters. I am very old school and I still keep many correspondences the old-fashioned way, via post. Votes: 0

You have to keep your audience in your mind; if you're writing stuff that you know nobody's going to care about then you should rethink what you're doing! Votes: 0

Keeping a habit, in the smallest way, protects and strengthens it. I write every day, even if it's just a sentence, to keep my habit of daily writing strong. Votes: 0

My advice would be to write -never to stop writing, to keep it up all the time, to be painstaking about it, to write until you begin to write. Votes: 0

When things are going well, I can't write fast enough to keep up with my mind. Writing walks, speech runs and talk flies. Other times, though, it's like fishing. Votes: 0

I enjoy the hell out of writing but don't like what follows: promotion and publicity, which I always strive to keep to a minimum, sometimes to my publisher's dismay. Votes: 0

Writing is an outlet, but it’s not an outlet of escape. People keep a journal when they want to escape. I write to rub my face in it. Votes: 0

Writing your own jokes, you just kind of keep working on something until you think it might work, and then you try it out and hope for the best. Votes: 0

One question hovers over all of us who choose to spend our lives writing: why keep doing this in a world where so many forces are aligned against us? Votes: 0

Keep writing, because not only does practice improve skill, it gives you more chances to score on the market. I did that for eight years before making my first sale. Votes: 0

Keep writing. Try to do a little bit every day, even if the result looks like crap. Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect. Votes: 0