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Writing Quotes (page 13)

Write the story that you were always afraid to tell. I swear to you that there is magic in it, and if you show yourself naked for me, I'll be naked for you. It will be our covenant Dorothy Allison
Writing fiction is not a profession that leaves one well-disposed toward reading fiction. One starts out loving books and stories, and then one becomes jaded and increasingly hard to please. I read less and less fiction these days, finding the buzz and the joy I used to get from fiction in ever stranger works of non-fiction, or poetry. Neil Gaiman
Writing has always been a serious business for me. I felt it was a moral obligation. A major concern of the time was the absence of the African voice. Being part of that dialogue meant not only sitting at the table but effectively telling the African story from an African perspective - in full earshot of the world. Chinua Achebe
Anthony Powell quote: "Writing is a combination of intangible creative fantasy and..."
Writing is a combination of intangible creative fantasy and appallingly hard work. Anthony Powell
Writing is like sausage making in my view; you'll all be happier in the end if you just eat the final product without knowing what's gone into it. George R. R. Martin
E. B. White quote: "Writing is both mask and unveiling."
Writing is both mask and unveiling. E. B. White
Write to please just one person. If you open a window and make love to the world, so to speak, your story will get pneumonia. Kurt Vonnegut
Ernest Hemingway quote: "Writing is easy. You simply sit at a typewriter and bleed."
Writing is easy. You simply sit at a typewriter and bleed. Ernest Hemingway
Anne Lamott quote: "Write as if your parents are dead."
Write as if your parents are dead. Anne Lamott
Joyce Carol Oates quote: "Writing! The activity for which the only adequate bribe is the..."
Writing! The activity for which the only adequate bribe is the possibility of suicide, one day. Joyce Carol Oates
Leo Tolstoy quote: "Writing laws is easy, but governing is difficult."
Writing laws is easy, but governing is difficult. Leo Tolstoy
Stephen King quote: "Writing fiction for money is a mug's game."
Writing fiction for money is a mug's game. Stephen King
Writing takes a combination of sophistication and innocence; it takes conscience, our belief that something is beautiful because it is right. Anne Lamott
Franz Kafka quote: "Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of..."
Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself. Franz Kafka
...write your own part. It is the only way I've gotten anywhere. It is much harder work, but sometimes you have to take destiny into your own hands. It forces you to think about what your strengths really are, and once you find them, you can showcase them, and no one can stop you. Mindy Kaling

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