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Writing Quotes. Page 2 Page 3 Page 4 Page 5 Page 6 Page 7 No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money. Samuel Johnson If you can't annoy somebody, there's little point in writing. Kingsley Amis Manuscript: something submitted in haste and returned at leisure. Oliver Herford Everywhere I go, I'm asked if the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them. Flannery O'Connor My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way. Ernest Hemingway Every writer is a narcissist. This does not mean that he is vain; it only means that he is hopelessly self-absorbed. Leo Rosten The waste basket is the writer's best friend. Isaac Bashevis Singer The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean; not to affect your reader, but to affect him precisely as you wish. Robert Louis Stevenson If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves. Lillian Hellman Every great and original writer, in proportion as he is great and original, must himself create the taste by which he is to be relished. William Wordsworth True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those who move easiest have learned to dance. Alexander Pope The multitude of books is a great evil. There is no limit to this fever for writing. Martin Luther There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. William Somerset Maugham Writers may be disreputable, incorrigible, early to decay or late to bloom but they dare to go it alone. John Updike Adapt your style, if you wish, to admit the color of slang or freshness of neologism, but hang tough on clarity, precision, structure, grace. William Safire |