Quotes and sayings about tag  writing

Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.

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Being a writer is a very peculiar sort of a job: it's always you versus a blank sheet of paper (or a blank screen) and quite often the blank piece of paper wins.

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and sometimes I sitdown at my typewriterand I thinknot of someonecause there isn't anyoneto thinkabout and i wonderis it worth it

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I want to be clear about this. If you wrote from experience, you'd get maybe one book, maybe three poems. Writers write from empathy.

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Good fiction creates its own reality.

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You can fix anything but a blank page.

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Writer’s block is only a failure of the ego.

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I just knew there were stories I wanted to tell.

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You don't start out writing good stuff. You start out writing crap and thinking it's good stuff, and then gradually you get better at it. That's why I say one of the most valuable traits is persistence.

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First forget inspiration. Habit is more dependable. Habit will sustain you whether you're inspired or not. Habit will help you finish and polish your stories. Inspiration won't. Habit is persistence in practice.

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You know how writers are... they create themselves as they create their work. Or perhaps they create their work in order to create themselves.

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Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal.

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In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.

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She looked away. Her attitude seemed to suggest that she had finished with him, and would be obliged if somebody would come and sweep him up.

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I want to see thirstIn the syllables,Tough fireIn the sound;Feel through the darkFor the scream.

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