Writing Quotes 4

From Kate's Writing Crate…

Here are some quotes that inspire me:

The work of art which I do not make, none other will ever make it.

                                                        --Simone Weil

The very nature of creation is not a performing glory on the outside; it's a painful, difficult search within.

                                                                --Louise Nevelson

To participate requires self-discipline and trust and courage, because this business of becoming conscious, of being a writer, is ultimately about asking yourself: "How alive am I willing to be?"

                                                                --Anne Lamott

…the writer writes for himself, out of his own need…

                        --Madeleine L'Engle

To write, you can never be alone enough.

                                --Kafka

What quotes inspire you? Keep them in your Common Book.