Morgan Wright > Morgan's Quotes

“All writers have this vague hope that the elves will come in the night and finish any stories.”
― Neil Gaiman

“I think that a true writer will keep on writing, no matter what. Even if they don’t get published, even if they’re constantly faced with criticism… they’ll keep writing. The act is essential to a writer’s existence. Without it, life would have no meaning.”
― Morgan Wright, Calendar for Writers: 2019-2020: A Two-Year Notebook for Your Creative Writing

“Don’t seek to emulate other writers. Don’t pay heed to how others say your tales should be written. And don’t ever change your writing on account of anything or anyone. Your stories are your own, so write them your way.”
― Morgan Wright, Calendar for Writers: 2019-2020: A Two-Year Notebook for Your Creative Writing

“I don't believe there's ever been a 'good' first draft, but there's a reason for that: they don’t have to be. First drafts are part of the process; they're the rough diamond on their way to being cut and polished. It takes a while to get them to shine.”
― Morgan Wright, Calendar for Writers: 2019-2020: A Two-Year Notebook for Your Creative Writing

“Only put off until tomorrow what you are willing to die having left undone”
― Pablo Picasso

“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.”
― Bill Watterson

“You cannot swim for new horizons until you have courage to lose sight of the shore.”
― William Faulkner

“The difference between a successful person and others is not a lack of strength, not a lack of knowledge, but rather a lack in will.”
― Vince Lombardi

“I am only one, but I am one. I cannot do everything, but I can do something. And because I cannot do everything, I will not refuse to do the something that I can do.”
― Edward Everett Hale

“It will never rain roses: when we want to have more roses, we must plant more roses.”
― George Eliot

“If you are going through hell, keep going.”
― Winston S. Churchill