Need inspring writing quotes

I've got a few...

'We, Soldiers of a different sort,
We, wasters of ink and page,
We, warriors of words,
Masters of melancholy,
Harlots of the pen,
We bleed these volumes,
and expect only absolution.'
- Jarvis Black

'Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.'
- John Jakes

'One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time, and in others' minds.'
- Alfred Kazin

This one isn't specifically a WRITING quote, but I think it applys to NaNo anyway!

'Far better is it to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure... than to rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows not victory nor defeat.'
- Theodore Roosevelt

But... yeah... hope that helps you out a bit!

I have this one taped to a wall in front of me

"The worst thing you write is better than the best better thing you didn't write."
--- unknown

It helps me to write a lot so hopefully it'll do the same for you.
Good luck.

On Stephen King's ON WRITING book-jacket, it says...
"If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write."

He also says, "Reading is the creative center of a writer's life."

"...plotting and the spontaneeity of real creation aren't compatible."

"I tried never to come right out and say 'Annie was depressed and possibly suicidal that day'...If I have to tell you, I lose." (Annie was from his book Misery.)

King says second drafts are for developing symbolism and theme.

"Once your basic story is on paper, you need to think about what it means and enrich your following drafts with your conclusions.

My favorite..."What I want most of all is RESONANCE, something that will linger for a little while in Constant Reader's mind and heart after he or she has closed the book."

Hope you enjoyed these KING quotes.
jade

When all else fails, read NaNo forums. People have some great quotes posted!

Whenever I need a quote, I use this site. It's got a ton on every topic you could think of.

http://www.quoteland.com/topic.asp (This is the topics page, not the home page, by the way.)

You must stay drunk on writing so reality cannot destroy you. ~Ray Bradbury

The first draft of anything is shit. ~Hemingway

I'll be more enthusiastic about encouraging thinking outside the box when there's evidence of any thinking going on inside it. ~Terry Pratchett. (I love this one. =P)

These are all I could think of from the top of my head. I have a quote book somwhere but I can't find it. I'll come back when I do. =)

"It begins with a character, usually, and once he stands up on his own feet and begins to move, all I can do is trot along behind him with a paper and pencil trying to keep up long enough to put down what he says and does."
-- William Faulkner

"Quantity produces quality. If you write only a few things, you're doomed."
-- Ray Bradbury

"People have writer's block not because they can't write, but because they despair of writing eloquently."
-- Anna Quindlen

This doesnt really have to do with writing, but I always find that whenever I feel like I'm stuck or can't write anymore, I use this quote:

"I'll get there alive, even if it kills me."
-unknown

A lot of these have been picked up from the quotes forum elsewhere on this site, I've just categorized them. :)

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.
~ Robert Benchley

The Russell T. Davies philosphy: Become a writer, create interesting characters, AND MELT THEM! - Steven Moffat

One of the most feared expressions in modern times is "The computer is down."
~ Norman Augustine

"There are so many different kinds of writing and so many ways to work that the only rule is this: do what works. Almost everything has been tried and found to succeed for somebody. The methods, even the ideas of successful writers contradict each other in a most heartening way, and the only element I find common to all successful writers is persistence-an overwhelming determination to succeed."
Sophy Burnham

I was working on the proof of one of my poems all the morning and took out a comma. In the afternoon I put it back again.
Oscar Wilde

Quantity produces quality. If you only write a few things, you're doomed.
Ray Bradbury

Ink and paper are sometimes passionate lovers, oftentimes brother and sister, and occasionally mortal enemies. ~Emme Woodhull-Bäche

The wastebasket is a writer's best friend. ~Isaac Bashevis Singer

An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere. ~Gustave Flaubert

True Ease in Writing comes from Art, not Chance,
As those move easiest who have learn'd to dance.
~Alexander Pope, "An Essay on Criticism"

from, "The Importance Of Being Ernest":
I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read in the train.
Oscar Wilde

If I fall asleep with a pen in my hand, don't remove it - I might be writing in my dreams. ~Danzae Pace

Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself. ~Franz Kafka

There is no such thing as a moral or an immoral book. Books are well written or badly written. That is all.
Oscar Wilde

A writer and nothing else: a man alone in a room with the English language, trying to get human feelings right. ~John K. Hutchens, New York Herald Tribune, 10 September 1961

I am returning this otherwise good typing paper to you because someone has printed gibberish all over it and put your name at the top. ~English Professor (Name Unknown), Ohio University

Why do writers write? Because it isn't there.
Thomas Berger

For me, writing is exploration; and most of the time, I'm surprised where the journey takes me.
Jack Dann

Writing is a cop-out. An excuse to live perpetually in fantasy land, where you can create, direct and watch the products of your own head. Very selfish.
Monica Dickens

Being a writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the internet - Anon.

"If you can't get rid of the skeleton in your closet, you'd best teach it to dance."
- George Bernard Shaw (1856-1950)

Even in literature and art, no man who bothers about originality will ever be original: whereas if you simply try to tell the truth (without caring twopence how often it has been told before) you will, nine times out of ten, become original without ever having noticed it.
C. S. Lewis (1898 - 1963)

"Ideas are the cheapest part of the writing. They are free. The hard part is what you do with ideas you've gathered."
Jane Yolen

"Unprovided with original learning, unformed in the
habits of thinking, unskilled in the arts of composition,
I resolved to write a book."
- Edward Gibbon

“-You can't just turn on creativity like a faucet. You have to be in the right mood.
-What mood is that?
-Last-minute panic.”

“They may forget what you said, but they will never forget how you made them feel.”

“Limitations live only in our minds. But if we use our imaginations, our possibilities become limitless.”

Sorry, I didn't keep the names of the people the quotes are from, it's all in one big document of quotes...
lmao, - [Being a writer is 3% talent, 97% not being distracted by the internet - Anon.] - that one sums up me perfectly... I need to start unplugging the cables before I attempt to write...

i like this one:

"of all that is written, I love only what a man has written with his own blood"
it's from Nietzsche.

i find it's good inspiration for the really, dark, emotional, personally relevant projects.

These are some of my favourites:

I often quote myself. It adds spice to my conversation. - George Bernard Shaw

The only reason for being a professional writer is that you just can't help it. - Leo Rosten

How do I know what I think until I see what I say? - E.M. Forster

I never desire to converse with a man who has written more books than he has read. - Samuel Johnson

Perversity is the muse of modern literature. - Susan Sontag

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write. - Saul Bellow

I like to write when I feel spiteful; it's like having a good sneeze. - D.H. Lawrence

Go confidently in the direction of your dreams. Live the life you have imagined.
Henry David Thoreau.

Goals are dreams with deadlines.  ~Diana Scharf Hunt

Write your first draft with your heart.  Re-write with your head.  ~From the movie Finding Forrester

It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.  ~Sinclair Lewis

You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what's burning inside you.  And we edit to let the fire show through the smoke.  ~Arthur Polotnik

Easy reading is damn hard writing.  ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.  ~William Wordsworth

"Wherever you go, go with all your heart." ~Confucius

Ooh, ooh, I have some that I've posted around my desk. Behold:

"Dare to suck."

"When it seems too complicated, remember- You're making it up, and you're always right."

“If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it” --Toni Morrison (That's the only one for which I know the source. :( )

Ah, quotes are so inspiring. <3

Wow, that's spot-on. I need to tape that to my monitor...

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http://fyreflixiewrites.blogspot.com

Perfect. xD
Just perfect. =D
I just found this on the webbie that someone mentioned 'couple of posts up...
"To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal ideas from many is research." - Anon
=P

"For me, life is writing and I can do it anywhere. It doesn't matter where I am. I listen. I write. I live. And if you don't live, you have nothing to write about." -Maynard James Keenan

heheh i have a lot lol but i won't put them all. umm this one doesn't really pertain to writing but it reminds me of the entire MONTH of nanowrimo:
"There cannot be a crisis today! My schedule is already full!"
another version of that is:
"Leave me alone i'm having a crisis!"

umm as for the rest of mine i don't know whether or not they pertain to actual writing but they help me get the "creative juices" flowing XD
"I rant therefore I am."-Dennis Miller
"Books may well be the only true magic."- Alice Hoffman
"Books are the carries of civilization...They are companions, teachers, magicians, bankers of the treasures of the mind. Books are humanity in print."- Barbara W. Tuchman

ehhhhhhh ok so most of them are about books but they still work! i hope...............besides by the time november is up you want to end up with a book so ya XD

There is a thing called a Quotationary. I have never regretted the nine bucks I spent on mine. It is very large with a nice selection, easy reference... You can usually find one in the bargain or reduced prices section of a bookstore, like a Borders or Barnes and Noble (where I got mine). Here's an Amazon link. I highly reccomend it to everyone.

http://www.amazon.com/Random-House-Websters-Quotationary-Leonard/dp/0375...

But, anyway. Here are my favourite quotes, possibly of all time.

"If we could read the secret history of our enemies, we should find in each man's life sorrow and suffering enough to disarm all hostility." -- Henry Wadsworth Longfellow

"I'm begging you, let me work!" -- Osamu Tezuka's last words

"Though I can't take the day off, I just think of the pay off!" ---Legally Blonde the Musical, Chip on your Shoulder

Motivation. Just think of your finished product and keep moving.

"Words, once they are printed, have a life of their own."---CAROL BURNETT

"Keep writing. Keep doing it and doing it. Even in the moments when it's so hurtful to think about writing."---
Heather Armstrong

And my own personal motto I invented.
"J'ecris parce que j'espere lire."

From French, it translates to "I write becasue I hope to read."

"Decide what you want to do and then do it. This is your creative life. Don't f--- around." -- Miss Snark