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Some quotes that inspire, instruct and provoke

C H R I S T I N E H O L L E Y Q U O T I N G

LUCILLE CLIFTON

“We cannot create what

we cannot imagine.”

RYA N C A N D E L A R I O Q U O T I N G

DONALD GRAVES

“Children want to write. They want to write the

first day they attend school. This is no

accident. Before they went to school they marked

up walls, pavements, newspapers with crayons,

chalk, pens or pencils…anything that makes a

mark. The child’s marks say, ‘I am.’”

A L E X A N D R A R O M A N Q U O T I N G

BETSY BYARS

Writing is like baseball or piano

playing. You have to practice if

you want to be successful.

S H A N A F R A Z I N Q U O T I N G

KATIE WOOD RAY

“The best writing advice I

know I learned from my dogs:

Sit and stay.”

H E A T H E R F R E Y M A N Q U O T I N G

JODI PICOULT

“You might not write well every

day, but you can always edit a bad

page. You can't edit a blank

page.”

C A R L A E S PA N A Q U O T I N G

ISABEL ALLENDE

Write what should not be

forgotten.