Quotes about Writing, page 5

The quality of the writing is affected by the quality of the paper.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about writing

Debugging is at least twice as hard as writing the program in the first place.

Quote by Edward A. Murphy about writing

Writing is like carrying a fetus.

Quote by Edna O'Brien about writing

I read mostly fiction and some poetry. I don't tend to read nonfiction unless I'm doing research for my own writing.

Quote by Sara Paretsky about writing

I spent 10 years as a marketing manager. I've found my experience in the financial world invaluable background for writing about white-collar crimes.

Quote by Sara Paretsky about writing

The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.

Quote by Robert M. Parker, Jr. about writing

But before the movie came out, he had only heard about it. And he didn't realize in writing the letter he was saying the things he says in the movie. He was like, I've been to Iraq and I'll take you there. ' That's all he does in the movie. I've...

Quote by Trey Parker about writing

No, writing musicals is the hardest thing in the world. And it was really funny, because I remember when the South Park movie came out, there were some critics that said, well it's obvious that in order to get it to be 90 minutes they filled some...

Quote by Trey Parker about writing

Three words that still have meaning, that I think we can apply to all professional writing, are discovery, originality, invention. The professional writer discovers some aspect of the world and invents out of the speech of his time some...

Quote by John Dos Passos about writing

One would think that in writing about literary men and matters there would be no difficulty in finding a title for one's essay, or that any embarrassment which might arise would be from excess of material. I find this, however, far from being the...

Quote by James Payn about writing

People writing about me have said that I've influenced a lot of people, and there are some artists who have credited me with influencing them.

Quote by Harvey Pekar about writing

Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers.

Quote by Isaac Asimov about writing

If the writing is honest it cannot be separated from the man who wrote it.

Quote by Tennessee Williams about writing

When I stop working the rest of the day is posthumous. I'm only really alive when I'm writing.

Quote by Tennessee Williams about writing

Writing free verse is like playing tennis with the net down.

Quote by Robert Frost about writing

Easy reading is damn hard writing.

Quote by Nathaniel Hawthorne about writing

Language is political. That's why you and me, my Brother and Sister, that's why we supposed to choke our natural self into the weird, lying, barbarous, unreal, white speech and writing habits that the schools lay down like holy law.

Quote by June Jordan about writing

Writing only leads to more writing.

Quote by Sidonie - Gabrielle Colette about writing

I have been writing for 50 years and readers still read my first book from when I was in the Marine Corps.

Quote by Leon Uris about writing

Research to me is as important or more important than the writing. It is the foundation upon which the book is built.

Quote by Leon Uris about writing