This is a question I have often asked myself, in regard to a number of things, but particularly writing. And having looked into this a little I have found some interesting theories and surprising reasons why people write, as well as some really inspirational quotes on writing in general.
Here are a few sites I found interesting:
Why Do Writers Write?
Why Do Writers Write? NYTimes.com
Mark Coker: Why Do Writers Write?
"A writer writes not because he [or she] is educated but because he [or she] is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood." Leo Rosten
And my favourite, from my daughter:
"When Daddy sells his book we can go on another holiday."
And here are are some quotes I found inspiring or instructional, or both:
"Keep away from people who try to belittle your ambitions. Small people always do that, but the really great make you feel that you, too, can become great." Mark Twain
"Write what you care about and understand. Writers should never try to outguess the marketplace in search of a salable idea; the simple truth is that all good books will eventually find a publisher if the writer tries hard enough, and a central secret to writing a good book is to write on that people like you will enjoy."
Richard North Patterson
Richard North Patterson
"Only write from your own passion, your own truth. That's the only thing you really know about, and anything else leads you away from the pulse." Marianne Williamson
Most of these and many other great quotes can be found here:
http://sites.google.com/site/amberdine/beginning
Keep Writing!
"You must want to enough. Enough to take all the rejections, enough to pay the price of disappointment and discouragement while you are learning. Like any other artist you must learn your craft—then you can add all the genius you like." Phyllis A. Whitney
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