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Some of my favorite
quotes on writing
and writers.
quotes on writing
and writers.
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There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a
typewriter and open a vein. ~Walter Wellesley "Red"
Smith
Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.
~E.L. Doctorow
What I like in a good author is not what he says, but
what he whispers. ~Logan Pearsall Smith, "All Trivia,"
Afterthoughts, 1931
Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of
light on broken glass. ~Anton Chekhov
Easy reading is damn hard writing. ~Nathaniel
Hawthorne
I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as
they tangle with human emotions. ~James Michener
Ink on paper is as beautiful to me as flowers on the
mountains; God composes, why shouldn't we? ~Audra
Foveo-Alba
When something can be read without effort, great effort
has gone into its writing. ~Enrique Jardiel Poncela
If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad. ~Lord
Byron
Writers are not just people who sit down and write.
They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a
book your composition of yourself is at stake. ~E.L.
Doctorow
Being an author is having angels whisper in your ear -
and devils, too. ~Graycie Harmon
typewriter and open a vein. ~Walter Wellesley "Red"
Smith
Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.
~E.L. Doctorow
What I like in a good author is not what he says, but
what he whispers. ~Logan Pearsall Smith, "All Trivia,"
Afterthoughts, 1931
Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of
light on broken glass. ~Anton Chekhov
Easy reading is damn hard writing. ~Nathaniel
Hawthorne
I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as
they tangle with human emotions. ~James Michener
Ink on paper is as beautiful to me as flowers on the
mountains; God composes, why shouldn't we? ~Audra
Foveo-Alba
When something can be read without effort, great effort
has gone into its writing. ~Enrique Jardiel Poncela
If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad. ~Lord
Byron
Writers are not just people who sit down and write.
They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a
book your composition of yourself is at stake. ~E.L.
Doctorow
Being an author is having angels whisper in your ear -
and devils, too. ~Graycie Harmon
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