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[I]t is the writer's duty to write fiction which promotes virtue, the good, the beautiful, and above all, the true. ... It is the writer's duty to hate injustice, to defy the powerful, and to speak for the voiceless. To be ... the severest critics of our own societies. Edward Abbey
Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must be cantankerous and objectionable in order to be bright; that ego is paramount over skill; that one can rise to a level from which one can tell the reader to go to hell. These myths, if believed, can ruin you. If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego. David Brin
A schoolchild should be taught grammar--for the same reason that a medical student should study anatomy. Having learned about the exciting mysteries of an English sentence, the child can then go forth and speak and write any damn way he pleases. E. B. White
When one does a thing, it appears good, otherwise one would not write it. Only later comes reflection, and one discards or accepts the thing. Time is the best censor, and patience a most excellent teacher. Frederic Chopin
To me, making a tape is like writing a letter? there's a lot of erasing and rethinking and starting again, and I wanted it to be a good one. Nick Hornby
The things that make you a functional citizen in society - manners, discretion, cordiality - don't necessarily make you a good writer. Writing needs raw truth, wants your suffering and darkness on the table, revels in a cutting mind that takes no prisoners... Natalie Goldberg
Anais Nin quote: "We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in introspection."
We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in introspection. Anais Nin
Swoopers write a story quickly, higgledy-piggledy, crinkum-crankum, any which way. Then they go over it again painstakingly, fixing everything that is just plain awful or doesn’t work. Bashers go one sentence at a time, getting it exactly right before they go on to the next one. When they’re done they’re done. Kurt Vonnegut
Roland Barthes quote: "A creative writer is one for whom writing is a problem."
A creative writer is one for whom writing is a problem. Roland Barthes
I enjoy writing, I enjoy my house, my family and, more than anything I enjoy the feeling of seeing each day used to the full to actually produce something. The end. Michael Palin
Virginia Woolf quote: "The habit of writing for my eye is good practice. It loosens..."
The habit of writing for my eye is good practice. It loosens the ligaments. Virginia Woolf
Julia Cameron quote: "We have this idea that we need to be in the mood to write. We..."
We have this idea that we need to be in the mood to write. We don't. Julia Cameron
May Sarton quote: "I feel more alive when I'm writing than I do at any other..."
I feel more alive when I'm writing than I do at any other time--except maybe when I'm making love. May Sarton
Good writing does not succeed or fail on the strength of its ability to persuade. It succeeds or fails on the strength of its ability to engage you, to make you think, to give you a glimpse into someone else's head. Malcolm Gladwell
Giacomo Casanova quote: "If you have not done things worthy of being written about, at..."
If you have not done things worthy of being written about, at least write things worthy of being read. Giacomo Casanova

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