{"quotes":[{"text":"A writer of any merit does not worry about being accepted everywhere. He must write to inspire, to change for the better or to challenge the status quo!","author":"Avijeet Das","tags":["inspirational life","life lessons","life","philosophy of life","why i write","writer","writer","writers-inspiration","writers-on-writing"],"id":1570,"author_id":"Avijeet+Das"},{"text":"A writer creates from his mind; his creations emanate from the feelings enmeshed deep within his heart. From the fire burning within his soul, he gives shape to his thoughts. His thoughts start to breathe. Every sentence breathes with a purpose.","author":"Avijeet Das","tags":["why i write","writer","writing","writing craft"],"id":87911,"author_id":"Avijeet+Das"},{"text":"I do not follow any tradition. I may stand at the beginning of one.","author":"Avijeet Das","tags":["life","rebellion","tradition","why i write","writers on writing","writers"],"id":204701,"author_id":"Avijeet+Das"},{"text":"Every writer should know their target. Aim for the heart ~ hit that and all which follows is sheer ecstasy.","author":"Muse","tags":["aim for the heart","be a better writer","craft of writing","goals","how to write","poet","poets","why-i-write","word-craft","writer","writing","writing-tips"],"id":234033,"author_id":"Muse"},{"text":"Create. Not for the money. Not for the fame. Not for the recognition. But for the pure joy of creating something and sharing it.","author":"Ernest Barbaric","tags":["create","creating","creation","creative act","creative genius","creative-mind","creative-process","creative-work","creative-writing","creatives","creativity","creativity","creator","desire","desires","do","happiness","inspiration","inspirational","inspirational","joy","joy-of-life","joy","joyful-living","joyfulness","make-stuff","motivate","motivation","motivational","motivational","motivational","motivators","passion","passion-project","passion-projects","passionate","passions","what-do-i-want","what-do-we-want","what-matters","what-matters-most","what-to-do","what-to-live-for","what-you-want","why-are-we-here","why-are-you-alive","why-are-you-here","why-do-you-want-it","why-i-write","why-we-are-alive","why-we-are-here","why-we-do-what-we-do","why-we-live","why-we-live-on-earth","why-we-wake-up","why-we-write"],"id":253043,"author_id":"Ernest+Barbaric"},{"text":"Writing is more about telling other peoples' stories than your own.","author":"Carla H. Krueger","tags":["finding-your-voice","other-people","reasons-why","stories-of-people","why-i-write","writing-from-the-heart","writing-life","writing-process","writing"],"id":254396,"author_id":"Carla+H.+Krueger"},{"text":"That's what we storytellers do. We restore order with imagination. We instill hope again and again and again.","author":"Kelly Marcel \u0026 Sue Smith","tags":["create","creating","creating-reality","disney","dream","dream-big","dreaming","dreams","fiction","fiction-vs-reality","fiction-writing","film","film","film","filmmaking","hope","hopeful","imagining","mary-poppins","movie","movie-making","movie","movie","moviemaking","pl-travers","saving-mr-banks","story-teller","story-telling","storyteller","storytellers","storytelling","travers","walt-disney","why-i-read","why-i-write","why-we-read","why-we-write","why-write-fiction","write","writer","writer-inspiration","writers","writers-life","writers-on-writing","writers","writing-craft"],"id":271613,"author_id":"Kelly+Marcel+%26+Sue+Smith"},{"text":"I write so others might contemplate things that are out of the ordinary. I write to make people feel—to cause laughter and tears and anger at injustice. I write so the world will imagine and wonder at crazy, incredible truths. I write to have a tiny bit of influence on a universal conscience.","author":"Richelle E. Goodrich","tags":["richelle","richelle e goodrich","richelle goodrich","why i write","write","writing"],"id":371255,"author_id":"Richelle+E.+Goodrich"}],"pagination":{"page":1,"page_size":10,"total":8,"pages":1}}