- You make a living by what you earn; you make a life by what you give. Winston Churchill
- After nourishment, shelter and companionship, stories are the thing we need most in the world. Philip Pullman
- Write what you know. Mark Twain
- Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else. Gloria Steinem
- Making money from blogging requires you to do only two things: drive a lot traffic, then maximize the income from that traffic. John Chow
- The greatest part of a writer’s time is spent in reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to make one book. Samuel Johnson
- Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it's the only way you can do anything really good. William Faulkner
- No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.” —Robert Frost
- Half my life is an act of revision. John Irving
- Grammar is a piano I play by ear. All I know about grammar is its power. Joan Didion
- Don’t find customers for your products, find products for your customers. Seth Godin
- There’s a lot of information out there for free, so you’ve got to figure out what makes your information different. Matt Wolfe
- My aim in constructing sentences is to make the sentence utterly easy to understand, writing what I call transparent prose. I’ve failed dreadfully if you have to read a sentence twice to figure out what I meant. Ken Follett
- Books say: She did this because. Life says: She did this. Books are where things are explained to you; life is where things aren’t. I’m not surprised some people prefer books. Julian Barnes
- Don’t be the person who shows up to the party and won’t stop talking about themselves. Nobody likes that person. And your audience won’t be very fond of you if you’re constantly interrupting them with things they don’t want to hear. Craig Davis
- I don’t wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work. Pearl S. Buck
- Begin by figuring out the platforms that your ideal readers are on, and figuring out the ways you can reach them there. Chase Diamond
- In at least one way we are atypical bloggers. That’s because we just keep on posting. The typical blogger, like most people who go on diets and budgets, quits after a few months, weeks, or in many cases, days. Stephen J. Dubner.
- Fear is good. Like self-doubt, fear is an indicator. Fear tells us what we have to do. Pat Flynn
- A memoir isn’t the summary of a life; it’s a window into a life, very much like a photograph in its selective composition. It may look like a casual and even random calling up of bygone events. It’s not; it’s a deliberate construction. William Zinsser
- Whatever you are wanting to do with your writing career, the truth is, there will never be a better time to start than now. Rebecca Matter
- Anybody can make history. Only a great man can write it. Oscar Wilde
- Content is anything that adds value to the reader's life. Avinash Kaughik
- The past is never dead. It’s not even past. William Faulkner
- The currency of blogging is authenticity and trust. Jason Calacanis
- If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that. Stephen King
- There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you. Maya Angelou
- When your story is ready for a rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is going to hurt; revising a story down to the bare essentials is always a little like murdering children, but it must be done. Stephen King
- The best time to act on this was decades ago. The second best time is now. David Brin
- Content: there is no easy button. Scott Abel
- That which does not kill us makes us stronger. Friedrich Nietzsche
- The story must strike a nerve in me. My heart should start pounding when I hear the first line in my head. I start trembling at the risk. Susan Sontag
- The difference between the almost right word and the right word is the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. Mark Twain
- Successful blogging is not about one time hits. It’s about building a loyal following over time. David Aston from Income Diary
- I'm all for the scissors. I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil. Truman Capote
- When choosing between two evils, I always like to try the one I’ve never tried before. Mae West
- Words weren’t dull, words were things that could make your mind hum. If you read them and let yourself feel the magic, you could live without pain, with hope, no matter what happened to you. Charles Bukowski
- Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule. Stephen King
- It doesn’t matter how many book ideas you have if you can’t finish writing your book. Joe Bunting
- Don’t let anyone convince you that your dream, your vision to be an entrepreneur, is something that you shouldn’t do. Cathy Hughes
40 Best Motivational Quotes for Bloggers
When your story is ready for a rewrite, cut it to the bone. Get rid of every ounce of excess fat. This is going to hurt; revising a story down to the bare essentials is always a little like murdering children, but it must be done. Stephen King
