Quotes about Writing

127 quotes about Writing

Raves to Right WordsThey are the experts in literary works. I trust them from morning to dusk. I thank you for all that you do. The autumn season is in full swing herd. Leaves are falling everywhere. I find peace that God grant me through...

Quote by Eleanor R. Hampton about writing

If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.

Quote by Ernest Hemingway about writing

Literature is the art of writing something that will be...

Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; the journalism is art of what is read once.

Quote by Cyril Vernon Connolly about writing

I think if a third of all novelists and maybe two thirds...

I think if a third of all novelists and maybe two thirds of all the poets now writing dropped dead suddenly, the loss to literature wold not be great.

Quote by Charles Osburne about writing

Every so often I'd be able to write a scene with greater...

Every so often I'd be able to write a scene with greater flourish because I'd gotten lucky with my words as I was writing them down, but no surprises.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about writing

For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than...

For me, writing a short story is much, much harder than writing a novel.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about writing

I love writing Thieves' World, but I feel a responsibility, too, to the other authors. I've lost many nights' sleep worrying if I've made the sandbox too large, too small.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about writing

I'm one of those writers who, when writing, believes she's god-and that she hasn't bestowed free will on any of her characters. In that sense there are no surprises in any of my books.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about writing

I've thought about writing in other genres, but my...

I've thought about writing in other genres, but my imagination just doesn't seem to lead me in other directions.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about writing

My writing has to support more than my research habit, ...

My writing has to support more than my research habit, but I love to curl up with a book about some dusty corner of history.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about writing

Short-story writing requires an exquisite sense of balance. Novelists, frankly, can get away with more. A novel can have a dull spot or two, because the reader has made a different commitment.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about writing

When I'm not writing or tweaking my computer, I do embroidery. When I'm not plunging into the past, tweaking, or embroidering, I'm reading books about history, computers, or embroidery.

Quote by Lynn Abbey about writing

Idol has pretty much taken me out of my recording and out of my choreography. I have managed to slip in some choreography jobs. And I've been writing songs for other artists.

Quote by Paula Abdul about writing

First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing...

First of all, writing at best - certainly fiction writing - more and more I think is magic.

Quote by Kathy Acker about writing

I might be writing what people expect me to write, writing from that place where I might be ruled by economic considerations. To overcome that, I started working with my dreams, because I'm not so censored when I use dream material.

Quote by Kathy Acker about writing

Well, I think writing is basically about time and rhythm. Like with jazz. You have your basic melody and then you just riff off of it. And the riffs are about timing.

Quote by Kathy Acker about writing

Writing is what I did when I was alone with no one...

Writing is what I did when I was alone with no one watching me or telling me what to do. I could do whatever I wanted.

Quote by Kathy Acker about writing

You know I think many writers are dangerous to the...

You know I think many writers are dangerous to the establishment. I mean, they go against all the rules that you're told writing.

Quote by Kathy Acker about writing

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

Learn as much by writing as by reading.

Quote by Lord Acton about writing

I actually started writing it because I was inspired by...

I actually started writing it because I was inspired by my own personal growth. You know, I was happy I was able to assess things a little bit better.

Quote by Erykah Badu about writing

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