~Cliff McNish, 2012, The formula of George Bernard Shaw: to put the obvious in terms of the scandalous. Writing is a solitary and rather self-absorbed way to occupy vast tracts of time, but it can be immensely rewarding. ~Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807–1882), "Drift Wood, A Collection of Essays: Table-Talk," Prose Works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, 1857 Some critics are like chimney-sweepers they put out the fire below, and frighten the swallows from their nests above they scrape a long time in the chimney, cover themselves with soot, and bring nothing away but a bag of cinders, and then sing from the top of the house as if they had built it. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1963 ~Terri Guillemets, "Paper doesn’t forget," 1994Ī critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote.
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~Jeb Dickerson, - so innocent and powerless as they are, as standing in a dictionary, how potent for good and evil they become in the hands of one who knows how to combine them! ~Nathaniel Hawthorne Writing is my time machine, takes me to the precise time and place I belong. Proofread carefully to see if you any words out. ~Mark Twain, letter to George Bainton, 1888 The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter - it's the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning. ~Arnold Bennett (1867–1931), How to Become an Author: A Practical Guide, 1903Ī metaphor is like a simile. This is not a platitude, but a truth of the first importance, a truth so profound that many writers never get down to it. ~William Wordsworth, letter to wife Mary, 1812 Write to me frequently & the longest Letters possible never mind whether you have facts or no to communicate fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is that you really want to say. The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. I want you to be sitting on the edge of your chair waiting for nurses to carry you out. I don't want you to whistle at my stuff, baby. Most contemporary fiction, like most contemporary theater, is designed to corroborate your fantasies and make you walk out whistling. If you feel the urge of 'very' coming on, just write the word, 'damn,' in the place of 'very.' The editor will strike out the word, 'damn,' and you will have a good sentence. Never use the word, 'very.' It is the weakest word in the English language doesn't mean anything.
~Richard Bach, The Bridge Across Forever: a lovestory, 1984 Some writers are chloroform, I found out, but some are cloves and ginger.
~Robert Lynd, "The Old Game," Solomon in All His Glory, 1923 ~Toni Morrison, quoted in Ellen Brown, "Writing Is Third Career For Morrison," The Cincinnati Enquirer, 1981 September 27thĮvery writer has to compose life into the unity of a picture, and, if he cannot do so, he is a mere scribbler of things that do not matter. If you find a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. Writing to me is an advanced and slow form of reading. if I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad. In literature, when nine hundred and ninety-nine souls ignore you, but the thousandth buys your work, or at least borrows it - that is called enormous popularity. S EE A LSO: ALPHABET, BOOKS & READING, BOOK DEDICATIONS, BREVITY, COLOR OF WORDS, GRAMMAR, HANDWRITING, INFINITE MONKEYS, INTERESTING PEN NAMES, LANGUAGE, LETTERS, LIBRARIES, LIBRARY CARDS, LITERATURE, OXFORD COMMA, PEN IS MIGHTIER, POETIC LICENSE, POETRY, QUOTATIONS, QUOTATION MARKS, STORYTELLING, TYPEWRITERS, TYPOGRAPHY, WORDS RULE
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