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Art Of Writing Quotes

Clarence Day quote: "There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and..."
There is an art of reading, as well as an art of thinking, and an art of writing. Clarence Day
It has taken me years of struggle, hard work and research to learn to make one simple gesture, and I know enough about the art of writing to realize that it would take as many years of concentrated effort to write one simple, beautiful sentence. Isadora Duncan
Gustave Flaubert quote: "The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe."
The art of writing is the art of discovering what you believe. Gustave Flaubert
…the art of writing has for backbone some fierce attachment to an idea…. It is on the back of an idea, something believed in with conviction or seen with precision and thus compelling words to a shape…. You have not finished with it because you have read it, any more than friendship is ended because it is time to part. Life wells up and alters and adds. Even things in a book-case change if they are alive; we find ourselves wanting to meet them again; we find them altered. So we look back... Virginia Woolf
Edward Abbey quote: "What is the essence of the art of writing? Part One: Have..."
What is the essence of the art of writing? Part One: Have something to say. Part Two: Say it well. Edward Abbey
Henry James Sumner Maine quote: "The ancient codes were doubtless originally suggested by the..."
The ancient codes were doubtless originally suggested by the discovery and diffusion of the art of writing. Henry James Sumner Maine
Jorge Luis Borges quote: "The art of writing is mysterious, the opinions we hold are..."
The art of writing is mysterious, the opinions we hold are ephemeral.... Jorge Luis Borges
Cyril Connolly quote: "Literature is the art of writing something that will be read..."
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice. Cyril Connolly
Kinky Friedman quote: "The art of writing fiction is to sail as dangerously close to..."
The art of writing fiction is to sail as dangerously close to the truth as possible without sinking the ship Kinky Friedman
Cyril Connolly quote: "Literature is the art of writing something that will be read..."
Literature is the art of writing something that will be read twice; journalism what will be grasped at once. Cyril Connolly
Writing, the art of communicating thoughts to the mind through the eye, is the great invention of the world...enabling us to converse with the dead, the absent, and the unborn, at all distances of time and space. Abraham Lincoln
The very act of writing assumes, to begin with, that someone cares to hear what you have to say. It assumes that people share, that people can be reached, that people can be touched and even in some cases changed. So many of the things in our world lead us to despair. It seems to me that the final symptom of despair is silence, and that storytelling is one of the sustaining arts; it’s one of the affirming arts. A writer may have a certain pessimism in his outlook, but the very act of being a... Tobias Wolff
Self-consciousness is the enemy of all art, be it acting, writing, painting, or living itself, which is the greatest art of all. Ray Bradbury
Artists don't talk about art. Artists talk about work. If I have anything to say to young writers, it's stop thinking of writing as art. Think of it as work. Paddy Chayefsky
Everyone thinks they can write a play; you just write down what happened to you. But the art of it is drawing from all the moments of your life. Neil Simon

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