You can never correct your work well until you have forgotten it. Voltaire
You can never correct your work well until you have forgotten it.Writers and WritingQuotations by Voltaire
Month: November 2008
You don’t write because you want to say something; you write because you’ve got something to say. Source Unknown
You don’t write because you want to say something; you write because you’ve got something to say.Writers and WritingQuotations by Source Unknown
All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath. Source Unknown
All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.Writers and WritingQuotations by Source Unknown
As to the adjective, when in doubt strike it out. Mark Twain
As to the adjective, when in doubt strike it out.Writers and WritingQuotations by Mark Twain
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live. Henry David Thoreau
How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.Writers and WritingQuotations by Henry David Thoreau
Style may defined as the proper words in the proper places. Jonathan Swift
Style may defined as the proper words in the proper places.Writers and WritingQuotations by Jonathan Swift
Let’s face it, writing is hell. William Styron
Let’s face it, writing is hell.Writers and WritingQuotations by William Styron
Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else. Gloria Steinem
Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don’t feel I should be doing something else.Writers and WritingQuotations by Gloria Steinem
The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty. John Steinbeck
The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty.Writers and WritingQuotations by John Steinbeck
The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business. John Steinbeck
The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.Writers and WritingQuotations by John Steinbeck
Writers are a little below the clowns and a little above the trained seals. John Steinbeck
Writers are a little below the clowns and a little above the trained seals.Writers and WritingQuotations by John Steinbeck
The writer is either a practicing recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one; or both. Usually both. Susan Sontag
The writer is either a practicing recluse or a delinquent, guilt-ridden one; or both. Usually both.Writers and WritingQuotations by Susan Sontag
Writing is the continuation of politics by other means. Philippe Sollers
Writing is the continuation of politics by other means.Writers and WritingQuotations by Philippe Sollers
Agatha Christie has given more pleasure in bed than any other woman. Nancy Banks Smith
Agatha Christie has given more pleasure in bed than any other woman.Writers and WritingQuotations by Nancy Banks Smith
What I like in a good author isn’t what he says, but what he whispers. Logan Pearsall Smith
What I like in a good author isn’t what he says, but what he whispers.Writers and WritingQuotations by Logan Pearsall Smith
Paper and ink are all but trash, if I cannot find the thought which the writer did think. Dr. Walter Smith
Paper and ink are all but trash, if I cannot find the thought which the writer did think.Writers and WritingQuotations by Dr. Walter Smith
A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind. Isaac Bashevis Singer
A good writer is basically a story teller, not a scholar or a redeemer of mankind.Writers and WritingQuotations by Isaac Bashevis Singer
Writing is not a profession, but a vocation of unhappiness. Georges Simenon
Writing is not a profession, but a vocation of unhappiness.Writers and WritingQuotations by Georges Simenon
Easy writings curse is hard reading. Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Easy writings curse is hard reading.Writers and WritingQuotations by Richard Brinsley Sheridan
You must not suppose, because I am a man of letters, that I never tried to earn an honest living. George Bernard Shaw
You must not suppose, because I am a man of letters, that I never tried to earn an honest living.Writers and WritingQuotations by George Bernard …
The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession. George Sand
The trade of authorship is a violent, and indestructible obsession.Writers and WritingQuotations by George Sand
I am paid by the word, so I always write the shortest words possible. Bertrand Russell
I am paid by the word, so I always write the shortest words possible.Writers and WritingQuotations by Bertrand Russell
Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one. Salman Rushdie
Books choose their authors; the act of creation is not entirely a rational and conscious one.Writers and WritingQuotations by Salman Rushdie
Whores and writers, Mahound. We are the people you can’t forgive. Salman Rushdie
Whores and writers, Mahound. We are the people you can’t forgive.Writers and WritingQuotations by Salman Rushdie
The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can’t help it. Leo Rosten
The only reason for being a professional writer is that you can’t help it.Writers and WritingQuotations by Leo Rosten
Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it. Jean Paul Richter
Never write on a subject until you have read yourself full of it.Writers and WritingQuotations by Jean Paul Richter
To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself. Anne Rice
To write something, you have to risk making a fool of yourself.Writers and WritingQuotations by Anne Rice
Make em laugh; make em cry; make em wait. Charles Reade
Make em laugh; make em cry; make em wait.Writers and WritingQuotations by Charles Reade
Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market. Ezra Pound
Nothing written for pay is worth printing. Only what has been written against the market.Writers and WritingQuotations by Ezra Pound
Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own? Alexander Pope
Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?Writers and WritingQuotations by Alexander Pope
Ten censure wrong, for one that writes amiss. Alexander Pope
Ten censure wrong, for one that writes amiss.Writers and WritingQuotations by Alexander Pope
Most authors steal their works, or buy. Alexander Pope
Most authors steal their works, or buy.Writers and WritingQuotations by Alexander Pope
Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living. Harold Pinter
Good writing excites me, and makes life worth living.Writers and WritingQuotations by Harold Pinter
Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society. Octavio Paz
Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society.Writers and WritingQuotations by Octavio Paz
The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first. Blaise Pascal
The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first.Writers and WritingQuotations by Blaise Pascal
If I had more time I would write a shorter letter. Blaise Pascal
If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.Writers and WritingQuotations by Blaise Pascal
For a creative writer possession of the truth is less important than emotional sincerity. George Orwell
For a creative writer possession of the truth is less important than emotional sincerity.Writers and WritingQuotations by George Orwell
A writer is a person who has solutions for which there are no riddles. Gregory Nunn
A writer is a person who has solutions for which there are no riddles.Writers and WritingQuotations by Gregory Nunn
Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood. Friedrich Nietzsche
Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood.Writers and WritingQuotations by Friedrich Nietzsche
To be a good diarist, one must have a snouty, sneaky mind. Harold Nicolson
To be a good diarist, one must have a snouty, sneaky mind.Writers and WritingQuotations by Harold Nicolson