Writing Power Quotes

I am a woman, and I am a Latina. Those are the things that make my writing distinctive. Those are the things that give my writing power.

I became a writer because I love books, and I believe in their power.

Writing is a weapon and it’s more powerful than a fist could ever be.

I think each of us can, through our writing, discover our super power

There is more done with pens than with swords.

The pencil is mightier than the pen.

Power, for the writer, lies in his ability to reveal …

One must avoid ambition in order to write. Otherwise something else is the goal: some kind of power beyond the power of language. And the power of language, it seems to me, is the only kind of power a writer is entitled to.

I always believe writing is an indispensable part of one's political armoury.

I feel like an emperor only when I'm writing.

On cable now, the writer is king. Any actor chases that.

The power of language, it seems to me, is the only kind of power a writer is entitled to.

From a writing point of view, you now have teams of screenwriters working with a director. What's lost in the process is the power of that one heart, brain, gut and soul that makes something an original piece of writing.

You can make anything by writing.

Good writing is really meaningful, and it's one of the - it's still one of the best tools we have to get and capture people's attention.

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.

Writing can't change the world overnight, but writing may have an enormous effect over time, over the long haul.

Even though no one admits it, writers are leaders in their communities.

My father told me when I first started that standup is exciting and I should pursue it, but that writing would be the thing that would give me power over my career. I never have to take a road gig or a writing gig I don't want because I always have the ability to play one against the other.

Do not suppose, dearest Sir, that I am so short-sighted as to destroy my life by English preaching, or any other preaching. St. Paul did much good by his preaching, but how much more by his writings.

It isn't enough for a book to be transporting or entertaining; it must also come from a place of knowledge and an understanding of aesthetics. Even where a longlisted book wears its craftsmanship lightly, the power of the writing shines through.

I wanted to be a visual artist, but I realized I was more affected by what I read than by what I saw. I would go to a show at a museum and look at a painting and say, 'Oh I wish I owned that,' and that would be the end of my relationship with a painting. With a short story I would read or with an author I would discover I could be haunted. It would affect my mood and affect the way that I saw the world. I thought, wow, it would be amazing to be able to do that.

When you write, it's just a much more crystalline, compressed version of the voice you think with - though not the one you speak with. I think your writing voice is your laser-guided missile. It's the poetry part of you.

I am a dangerous man when turned loose with a typewriter.

Writing might be unalloyed joy, were it not for the fact that power is always shadowed by responsibility. Thankfully, the absolute power that writers have is not weighted down with absolute responsibility. It can neither be suppressed nor diminished, except by choice.