Writing From The Heart Quotes

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.

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

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.

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.

Success comes to a writer as a rule, so gradually that it is always something of a shock to him to look back and realize the heights to which he has climbed.

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.

I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die.

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

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.

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

The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

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.

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

[Tom] Wolfe's books offered a whole new world to step into, and whilst at times you could accuse him of being somewhat long-winded, he had an incredible quality of prose and a bravery of writing from the heart. He believed in being autobiographical at all times.

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

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

Imagination is more important than knowledge.

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep.

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

Being popular is the most important thing in the world!

Family is the most important thing in the world.

Books are never finished, They are merely abandoned.