Writing Quotes

  • I write to escape... to escape poverty.
    ~ Edgar Rice Burroughs
  • Writing is a piece of cake. Editing is a slab of liver.
    ~ Evels, The Essence
  • Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.Upload to Facebook
    Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.
    ~ Jules Renard
  • A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
    ~ Thomas Mann
  • Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life.
    ~ Lawrence Kasdan
  • Ask mullah why they issue fatwas against me- do they read my books? No. Can they show lines that hurt their sentiments? No.
    ~ Taslima Nasreen, on facing bans from religious groups
  • The best writing has no lace on its sleeves.
    ~ Walt Whitman
  • Writing is, for most, laborious and slow. The mind travels faster than the pen; consequently, writing becomes a question of learning to make occasional wing shots, bringing down the bird of thought as it flashes by.
    ~ E. B. White
  • Description begins in the writer's imagination, but should finish in the reader's.Upload to Facebook
    Description begins in the writer's imagination, but should finish in the reader's.
    ~ Stephen King, On Writing
  • True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, As those move easiest who have learned to dance.
    ~ Alexander Pope
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