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Writing Quotes (page 12)

Ray Bradbury quote: "Write a thousand words a day and in three years you'll be a..."
Write a thousand words a day and in three years you'll be a writer! Ray Bradbury
Writing this, he had reached the pit of despair and he thought that reading it, she would at least begin to sense his tragedy and her part in it. It was not that she had ever forced her way on him. That had never been necessary. Her way had simply been the air he breathed and when at last he had found other air, he couldn't survive in it. He felt that even if she didn't understand at once, the letter would leave her with an enduring chill and perhaps in time lead her to see herself as she was. Flannery O'Connor
Writing again, he stressed that the events of war are always uncertain. Then, paraphrasing a favorite line from the popular play Cato by Joseph Addison - a line that General Washington, too, would often call upon - Adams told her, "We cannot insure success, but we can deserve it. David McCullough
Mark Twain quote: "Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words."
Writing is easy. All you have to do is cross out the wrong words. Mark Twain
Writing was never work for me. It had been the same for as long as I could remember: turn on the radio to a classical music station, light a cigarette or a cigar, open the bottle. The typer did the rest. All I had to do was be there. The whole process allowed me to continue when life itself offered very little, when life itself was a horror show. There was always the typer to soothe me, to talk to me, to entertain me, to save my ass. Basically that's why I wrote: to save my ass, to save my... Charles Bukowski
Hilaire Belloc quote: "Write as the wind blows and command all words like an army!"
Write as the wind blows and command all words like an army! Hilaire Belloc
Pat Conroy quote: "Writing poetry and reading books causes brain damage."
Writing poetry and reading books causes brain damage. Pat Conroy
Writing is really a way of thinking--not just feeling but thinking about things that are disparate, unresolved, mysterious, problematic or just sweet. Toni Morrison
Gustave Flaubert quote: "Writing is a dog’s life, but the only one worth living."
Writing is a dog’s life, but the only one worth living. Gustave Flaubert
Stephen King quote: "Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other..."
Writing is magic, as much the water of life as any other creative art. The water is free. So drink. Drink and be filled up. Stephen King
Writing is not a serious business. It’s a joy and a celebration. You should be having fun with it. Ignore the authors who say ‘Oh, my God, what word? Oh, Jesus Christ…’, you know. Now, to hell with that. It’s not work. If it’s work, stop and do something else. Ray Bradbury
Steven Wright quote: "Write from Beyond what you know. From the authority of your..."
Write from Beyond what you know. From the authority of your senses." -author of Meditations in Green Steven Wright
Writing ought either to be the manufacture of stories for which there is a market demand—a business as safe and commendable as making soap or breakfast foods—or it should be an art, which is always a search for something for which there is no market demand, something new and untried, where the values are intrinsic and have nothing to do with standardized values. Willa Cather
Isabel Allende quote: "Writing is a constant exercise in longing."
Writing is a constant exercise in longing. Isabel Allende
Joseph Conrad quote: "Writing in English is like throwing mud at a wall."
Writing in English is like throwing mud at a wall. Joseph Conrad

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