It might motivate you when you need a little push to get started writing. I've assembled a selection of inspiring, motivating quotations about writing and life that have been shared with the world by famous writers, prominent personalities, and great literary minds, both past and present, in one simple, easy-to-read resource: 1. Martin Luther King Jr. He was an American civil rights leader who preached nonviolence but was assassinated while standing on a hotel balcony in Memphis, Tennessee on April 4, 1968. His speech "I Have A Dream" is considered one of the most important speeches in U.S. history. It was delivered at the March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom on August 28, 1963. Here it is: "I have a dream that one day this nation will rise up and live out the true meaning of its creed: 'We hold these truths to be self-evident; that all men are created equal.' I have a dream that one day on the red hills of Georgia, sons will not be born into slavery... My father's father was a slave. He told my mother once when they were married that if he had known how this would affect his children's lives, he would never have allowed himself to be sold away from home. My mother used what he said as a reminder of how important it was for her to get an education so she could escape slavery.