Quotes and sayings about tag  on-writing

I am simply of the opinion that you cannot be taught to write. You have to spend a lifetime in love with words.

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Never put off writing until you are better at it.

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A scrupulous writer, in every sentence that he writes, will ask himself at least four questions, thus: 1. What am I trying to say? 2. What words will express it? 3. What image or idiom will make it clearer? 4. Is this image fresh enough to have an effect?

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A good book isn't written, it's rewritten.

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Write what should not be forgotten.

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You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.

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Don't say the old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream.

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A successful book is not made of what is in it, but what is left out of it.

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• Humor

Books aren't written - they're rewritten. Including your own. It is one of the hardest things to accept, especially after the seventh rewrite hasn't quite done it.

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You can fix anything but a blank page.

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In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into your heart where it spreads its roots, the answer, and ask yourself, must I write?

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• Inspirational

Throw up into your typewriter every morning. Clean up every noon.

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• Writing

I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.

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• Inspirational

It is impossible to discourage the real writers - they don't give a damn what you say, they're going to write.

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• Motivational

Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule.

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A woman must have money and a room of her own if she is to write fiction.

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Only a mediocre person is always at his best.

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Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.

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