Writing Quotes

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She continued weeping until the heat of her tear water, the

She continued weeping until the heat of her tear water, the sheer velocity of its flow, finally obscured the already vague circumstances of its origins.

Inspirational Emotions Writing

A lot of things happen in our lives without any apparent jus

A lot of things happen in our lives without any apparent justification. but whatever happens to us,takes us one step ahead in the path of self realisation.the truth is we all are travellers in the life's eternal journey, to meet for a short while,to care and share but we tend to forget that nothings lasts forever.if only we could cultivate a sense of detachment,life would have been much easier.

Chitralekha Paul

Life Writing Writers Self Discovery Self Realisation

I was trying to learn to write, commencing with the simplest

I was trying to learn to write, commencing with the simplest things, and one of the simplest things of all and the most fundamental is violent death.

Ernest Hemingway

Death Writing

All that I really have to recount are observations and notes

All that I really have to recount are observations and notes made during the course of my life as a painter. I ask those who will have the patience to read these notes the indulgence usually granted to the writings of painters

Life Writing Painting

A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that i

A writer is congenitally unable to tell the truth and that is why we call what he writes fiction.

William Faulkner

Truth Humor Funny Fiction Writing Writers

The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what

The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read. Not by any other person, and not even by yourself at some later date. Otherwise you begin excusing yourself. You must see the writing as emerging like a long scroll of ink from the index finger of your right hand; you must see your left hand erasing it.

Margaret Atwood

Truth Writing

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.

Terry Pratchett

Writing Fun

My earliest poems appear almost skeletal to me now - it seem

My earliest poems appear almost skeletal to me now - it seems I've learned to add meat, muscle and a nice suit of clothes.

Wanda Lea Brayton

Poetry Love Youth Writing

You can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.

You can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page.

Writing Advice Writing Process Writing

Work. Don't Think. Relax.

Work. Don't Think. Relax.

Inspirational Relaxation Writing

Remember to have a little faith. When you die, I believe, Go

Remember to have a little faith. When you die, I believe, God isn't going to ask you what you published. God's going to ask you what you wrote.

Inspirational Writing

We write from aspiration and antagonism, as well as from exp

We write from aspiration and antagonism, as well as from experience. We paint those qualities which we do not posses.

Ralph Waldo Emerson

Writing

It's harder to write in the third person but the advantage i

It's harder to write in the third person but the advantage is you move around better.

Ernest Hemingway

Writing

Before I start a project, I always ask myself the following

Before I start a project, I always ask myself the following question. Why is this book worth a year of my life? There needs to be something about the theme, the technique, or the research that makes the time spent on it worthwhile.

Inspirational Writing

...the best way to know the Truth or Beauty is to try to exp

...the best way to know the Truth or Beauty is to try to express it. And what is the purpose of existence Here or Yonder but to discover truth and beauty and express it, i.e., share it with others?

Truth Beauty Writing

As much as I like it when a book I'm writing speeds along, t

As much as I like it when a book I'm writing speeds along, the downside can be that an author becomes too eager to finish and rushes the end. The end is even more important than the first page, and rushing can damage it.

Inspirational Writing

Words have weight.

Words have weight.

Truth Words Writing Meaning

She realized as a girl of eight that if she sat down and wro

She realized as a girl of eight that if she sat down and wrote her stories, she could escape the parts of life she didn't like, embroider the parts she did and thus control the life she had.

Dudley Clendinen

Life Writing

To be playful is not to be trivial or frivolous, or to act a

To be playful is not to be trivial or frivolous, or to act as if nothing of consequence will happen. On the contrary, when we are playful everything that happens is of consequence, for seriousness is a dread of the unpredictable outcome of open possibility. To be serious is to press for a specified conclusion. To be playful is to allow for unlimited possibility.

Creativity Inspirational Writing

Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. F

Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.

Learning Reading Devotion Inspirational Writing