Quotes
on Writing
"The difference between the right word and the almost right word
is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug.
Mark Twain
Whenever you write, whatever you write, never make the mistake of
assuming the audience is any less intelligent than you are.
Rod Serling
Paul Auster
And when he dreams he does not want to write, he does not have
the power to dream he wants to write; and when he dreams he wants
to write, he does not have the power to dream he does not want to
write.
Benedictus de Spinoza
Journalism is the first rough draft of history.
Philip Graham
A great work must be novel without being far-fetched, frequently
sublime, but always natural. The author must know the human heart,
and how to make it speak; he must be a poet, without letting any of
his characters speak like poets; and he must be a master of his
language, using it purely and harmoniously and not letting the
rhyme interfere with the sense.
Voltaire - from "Candide"
I began to write, and the past lost some of it's power - I wrote it
out of me.
Graham Greene
This writing business. Pencils and whatnot. Overrated, if you ask me.%
Winnie the Pooh (A.A. Milne)
Screenwriting is like writing in the sand with the wind blowing.
Frances Marion
We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospection.
Anaïs Nin
I hear and I forget; I see and I remember; I write and I understand.
Chinese proverb
Norman Mailer
When you start writing you're 98% pure writer and 2% critic.
After you've written for a length of time, you've learned a great
deal about your craft, and you've become 2% pure writer and 98%
critic. It's like writing uphill.
David Westheimer
Writing is easy. All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of
paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead.
Gene Fowler
People do not deserve to have good writing, they are so pleased
with bad.
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your
talent to those who have none.
Jules Renard
H. L. Mencken
Happy writing!
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