Writing is a bridge between thought and heart, a quiet conversation with the world. ✨ These words from beloved writers remind us of the power of expression and the courage it takes to share our truth.

The beauty of the written word is that it can be held close to the heart and read over and over again. ~ Florence Littauer

People think you have to be tortured or miserable to write, but I'm finding that I get inspired a lot more these days before I'm happy. ~ Billy Bob Thornton

In writing poetry, all of one's attention is focused on some inner voice. ~ Li Young Lee

Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. ~ Ernest Hemingway

Good writing is a kind of skating which carries off the performer where he would not go. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson

I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper. ~ Steve Martin

I like to talk on TV about those things that aren't worth writing about. ~ Truman Capote

Writing only leads to more writing. ~ Colette

When I am not writing, I'm dying. ~ Neil Diamond

I willingly trust myself to chance. I let my thoughts wander, I digress, not only sitting at my work, but all day long, all night even. It often happens that a sentence suddenly runs through my head before I go to bed, or when I am unable to sleep, and I get up again and write it down. ~ Simone de Beauvoir

You have to write a million words before you find your voice as a writer. ~ Henry Miller

Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power. ~ Joan Didion

Write a novel if you must, but think of money as an unlikely accident. ~ Pearl S. Buck

Writing and rewriting are a constant search for what it is one is saying. ~ John Updike

I do like a song that can look good on a page without even being sung. I edit and edit and edit. ~ Jakob Dylan

Writing is always the hardest work… Writing is the blueprint of what you’re going to do. ~ Bruce Springsteen