If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood. Peter Handke
If a nation loses its storytellers, it loses its childhood.Writers and WritingQuotations by Peter Handke
Month: November 2008
A writer should be a joyous optimist. Anything that implies rejection of life is wrong for a writer. George Gribbon
A writer should be a joyous optimist. Anything that implies rejection of life is wrong for a writer.Writers and WritingQuotations by George Gribbon
He who does not expect a million readers should not write a line. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
He who does not expect a million readers should not write a line.Writers and WritingQuotations by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Every author in some degree portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Every author in some degree portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will.Writers and WritingQuotations by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
If any man wishes to write a clear style, let him first be clear in his thoughts. Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
If any man wishes to write a clear style, let him first be clear in his thoughts.Writers and WritingQuotations by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
The walls are the publishers of the poor. Eduardo Galeano
The walls are the publishers of the poor.Writers and WritingQuotations by Eduardo Galeano
Analogies, it is true, decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home. Sigmund Freud
Analogies, it is true, decide nothing, but they can make one feel more at home.Writers and WritingQuotations by Sigmund Freud
Our work is to present things that are as they are. (Frederick II) Frederick The Great
Our work is to present things that are as they are.Writers and WritingQuotations by (Frederick II) Frederick The Great
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. Benjamin Franklin
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.Writers and WritingQuotations by Benjamin Franklin
Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent. Edward M. Forster
Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.Writers and WritingQuotations by Edward M. Forster
Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight. Edna Ferber
Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.Writers and WritingQuotations by Edna Ferber
I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it. William Faulkner
I never know what I think about something until I read what I’ve written on it.Writers and WritingQuotations by William Faulkner
If I had not existed, someone else would have written me, Hemingway, Dostoevski, all of us. William Faulkner
If I had not existed, someone else would have written me, Hemingway, Dostoevski, all of us.Writers and WritingQuotations by William Faulkner
Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep. Clifton Fadiman
Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep.Writers and WritingQuotations by Clifton Fadiman
If you wish to be a writer; write! Epictetus
If you wish to be a writer; write!Writers and WritingQuotations by Epictetus
Writing a novel without being asked seems a bit like having a baby when you have nowhere to live. Lucy Ellman
Writing a novel without being asked seems a bit like having a baby when you have nowhere to live.Writers and WritingQuotations by Lucy Ellman
Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers. T. S. Eliot
Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.Writers and WritingQuotations by T. S. Eliot
I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence. George Eliot
I have the conviction that excessive literary production is a social offence.Writers and WritingQuotations by George Eliot
How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours. Wayne Dyer
How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.Writers and WritingQuotations by Wayne Dyer
Yes, it’s hard to write, but it’s harder not to. Carl Van Doren
Yes, it’s hard to write, but it’s harder not to.Writers and WritingQuotations by Carl Van Doren
Writing is turning one’s worst moments into money. J. P. Donleavy
Writing is turning one’s worst moments into money.Writers and WritingQuotations by J. P. Donleavy
Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia. E. L. Doctorow
Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.Writers and WritingQuotations by E. L. Doctorow
Writers are always selling somebody out. Joan Didion
Writers are always selling somebody out.Writers and WritingQuotations by Joan Didion
Writing isn’t hard. It isn’t any harder than ditch-digging. Patrick Dennis
Writing isn’t hard. It isn’t any harder than ditch-digging.Writers and WritingQuotations by Patrick Dennis
The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way. Richard Harding Davis
The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or to say a new thing in an old way.Writers …
Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors. Edward Dahlberg
Writing is conscience, scruple, and the farming of our ancestors.Writers and WritingQuotations by Edward Dahlberg
To write is a humiliation. Edward Dahlberg
To write is a humiliation.Writers and WritingQuotations by Edward Dahlberg
Let authors write for glory and reward. The truth is well paid when she is sung and heard. James J. Corbett
Let authors write for glory and reward. The truth is well paid when she is sung and heard.Writers and WritingQuotations by James J. Corbett
If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write! Jackie Collins
If you want to be a writer-stop talking about it and sit down and write!Writers and WritingQuotations by Jackie Collins
Who often, but without success, have prayed for apt Alliteration’s artful aid. Charles Churchill
Who often, but without success, have prayed for apt Alliteration’s artful aid.Writers and WritingQuotations by Charles Churchill
Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness. Thomas Carlyle
Writing is a dreadful labor, yet not so dreadful as Idleness.Writers and WritingQuotations by Thomas Carlyle
I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil. Truman Capote
I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.Writers and WritingQuotations by Truman Capote
The only living works are those which have drained much of the author’s own life into them. Samuel Butler
The only living works are those which have drained much of the author’s own life into them.Quotations by Samuel Butler
The pen is mightier than the sword. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
The pen is mightier than the sword.Writers and WritingQuotations by Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Writers are the main landmarks of the past. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Writers are the main landmarks of the past.Writers and WritingQuotations by Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author. Jean De La Bruyere
Making a book is a craft, like making a clock; it needs more than native wit to be an author.Writers and WritingQuotations by Jean De …
The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate! Robert Browning
The aim, if reached or not, makes great the life: try to be Shakespeare, leave the rest to fate!Writers and WritingQuotations by Robert Browning
Great writers are the saints for the godless. Anita Brookner
Great writers are the saints for the godless.Writers and WritingQuotations by Anita Brookner
For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word. Catherine Drinker Bowen
For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.Writers and WritingQuotations by Catherine Drinker Bowen
A book should be luminous not voluminous. Christian Nevell Bovee
A book should be luminous not voluminous.Writers and WritingQuotations by Christian Nevell Bovee