I’m the kind of writer that people think other people are reading. V. S. Naipaul
I’m the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.Writers and WritingQuotations by V. S. Naipaul
Month: November 2008
Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash. Vladimir Nabokov
Style and Structure are the essence of a book; great ideas are hogwash.Writers and WritingQuotations by Vladimir Nabokov
Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one’s luck. Iris Murdoch
Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one’s luck.Writers and WritingQuotations by Iris Murdoch
The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yogurt. John Mortimer
The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yogurt.Writers and WritingQuotations by John Mortimer
All the world knows me in my book, and may book in me. Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
All the world knows me in my book, and may book in me.Writers and WritingQuotations by Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
I always write a good first line, but I have trouble in writing the others. Moliere
I always write a good first line, but I have trouble in writing the others.Writers and WritingQuotations by Moliere
Let those who would write heroic poems make their life an heroic poem. John Milton
Let those who would write heroic poems make their life an heroic poem.Writers and WritingQuotations by John Milton
Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators. Olin Miller
Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.Writers and WritingQuotations by Olin Miller
Writing crystallizes thought and thought produces action. Paul J. Meyer
Writing crystallizes thought and thought produces action.Writers and WritingQuotations by Paul J. Meyer
Give me a condor’s quill! Give me Vesuvius crater for an inkstand! Herman Melville
Give me a condor’s quill! Give me Vesuvius crater for an inkstand!Writers and WritingQuotations by Herman Melville
There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately no one knows what they are. W. Somerset Maugham
There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately no one knows what they are.Writers and WritingQuotations by W. Somerset Maugham
The writer is more concerned to know than to judge. W. Somerset Maugham
The writer is more concerned to know than to judge.Writers and WritingQuotations by W. Somerset Maugham
The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties. W. Somerset Maugham
The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.Writers and WritingQuotations by W. Somerset Maugham
It’s very hard to be a gentleman and a writer. W. Somerset Maugham
It’s very hard to be a gentleman and a writer.Writers and WritingQuotations by W. Somerset Maugham
Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book, and does. Groucho Marx
Practically everybody in New York has half a mind to write a book, and does.Writers and WritingQuotations by Groucho Marx
I never think when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them well. Don Marquis
I never think when I write. Nobody can do two things at the same time and do them well.Writers and WritingQuotations by Don Marquis
Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing. Norman Mailer
Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing.Writers and WritingQuotations by Norman Mailer
Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer. Georg C. Lichtenberg
Nowadays three witty turns of phrase and a lie make a writer.Writers and WritingQuotations by Georg C. Lichtenberg
We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand. Cecil Day Lewis
We do not write in order to be understood; we write in order to understand.Writers and WritingQuotations by Cecil Day Lewis
The cure for writers cramp is writer’s block. Inigo de Leon
The cure for writers cramp is writer’s block.Writers and WritingQuotations by Inigo de Leon
I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze. D. H. Lawrence
I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.Writers and WritingQuotations by D. H. Lawrence
The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander. Walter Savage Landor
The writing of the wise are the only riches our posterity cannot squander.Writers and WritingQuotations by Walter Savage Landor
It requires more than mere genius to be an author. Jean De La Bruyere
It requires more than mere genius to be an author.Writers and WritingQuotations by Jean De La Bruyere
A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer. Karl Kraus
A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.Writers and WritingQuotations by Karl Kraus
I’d rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph. Ken Kesey
I’d rather be a lightning rod than a seismograph.Writers and WritingQuotations by Ken Kesey
Writing is the incurable itch that possesses many. (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal
Writing is the incurable itch that possesses many.Writers and WritingQuotations by (Decimus Junius Juvenalis) Juvenal
No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination. James Joyce
No pen, no ink, no table, no room, no time, no quiet, no inclination.Writers and WritingQuotations by James Joyce
In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness. Samuel Johnson
In all pointed sentences, some degree of accuracy must be sacrificed to conciseness.Writers and WritingQuotations by Samuel Johnson
Footnotes — little dogs yapping at the heels of the text William James
Footnotes — little dogs yapping at the heels of the textWriters and WritingQuotations by William James
I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme. Henry James
I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.Writers and WritingQuotations by Henry James
I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories. Washington Irving
I am always at a loss at how much to believe of my own stories.Writers and WritingQuotations by Washington Irving
The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness. Julia Ward Howe
The strokes of the pen need deliberation as much as the sword needs swiftness.Writers and WritingQuotations by Julia Ward Howe
Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years. Horace
Let your literary compositions be kept from the public eye for nine years.Writers and WritingQuotations by Horace
Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing. Horace
Good sense is both the first principal and the parent source of good writing.Writers and WritingQuotations by Horace
The secret of all good writing is sound judgment. Horace
The secret of all good writing is sound judgment.Writers and WritingQuotations by Horace
Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure. Oliver Herford
Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure.Writers and WritingQuotations by Oliver Herford
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed. Ernest Hemingway
There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.Writers and WritingQuotations by Ernest Hemingway
The writer must write what he has to say, not speak it. Ernest Hemingway
The writer must write what he has to say, not speak it.Writers and WritingQuotations by Ernest Hemingway
Prose is architecture, not interior decoration, and the Baroque is over. Ernest Hemingway
Prose is architecture, not interior decoration, and the Baroque is over.Writers and WritingQuotations by Ernest Hemingway
I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can. Ernest Hemingway
I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.Writers and WritingQuotations by Ernest …