Writing From The Heart Quotes

Books are never finished, They are merely abandoned.

I think if you’re writing from the heart, very often, the subject matter will adjust as you age… but you try to write the best song you can possibly write. For us, we have the same basic elements that make up the America sound.

You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far one can go.

I am writing from the heart and having a fresh approach to things. We [Theocracy] are obviously not trying to musically re-invent the wheel here, and you can certainly hear our influences, but we also don’t sound like a copycat of any one band.

The faster I write the better my output. If I’m going slow, I’m in trouble. It means I’m pushing the words instead of being pulled by them.

Usually, when people get to the end of a chapter, they close the book and go to sleep. I deliberately write a book so when the reader gets to the end of the chapter, he or she must turn one more page.

Writing isn’t about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it’s about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It’s about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

I write for the same reason I breathe – because if I didn’t, I would die.

Being popular is the most important thing in the world!

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

When people tell me I’ve kept them up all night, I feel like I’ve succeeded.

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author.

The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.

There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up a pen to write.

You can’t try to do things; you simply must do them.