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About Writing Quotes: "Writing every book is like a purge; at the end of it one is empty ... like a dry shell on the beach, waiting for the tide to come in again."

Writing every book is like a purge; at the end of it one is empty ... like a dry shell on the beach, waiting for the tide to come in again.



About Writing Quotes: "Do not copy my style! The first rule of writing is write about what you know, not what you think you know. So, think about what you've done in your life and write about that."

Do not copy my style! The first rule of writing is write about what you know, not what you think you know. So, think about what you've done in your life and write about that.




About Writing Quotes: "When writing loses touch with the beautiful surface of the world, it loses its way. You always want to be in touch with how things look and what people say and what they call their dogs."

When writing loses touch with the beautiful surface of the world, it loses its way. You always want to be in touch with how things look and what people say and what they call their dogs.



About Writing Quotes: "But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything."

But if I worried too much about publishers' expectations, I'd probably paralyze myself and not be able to write anything.




About Writing Quotes: "If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego."

If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.



About Writing Quotes: "I never started from ideas but always from character."

I never started from ideas but always from character.



About Writing Quotes: "Children can write poetry and then, unless they're poets, they stop when reach puberty."

Children can write poetry and then, unless they're poets, they stop when reach puberty.




About Writing Quotes: "If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers."

If writers were good businessmen, they'd have too much sense to be writers.



About Writing Quotes: "I need to keep traveling, being a gypsy, having experiences and writing about them."

I need to keep traveling, being a gypsy, having experiences and writing about them.



About Writing Quotes: "I think the press does, too; it's just the few crazies and paparazzi that give them a bad name. Real writers write good things. My daughter's a writer, and she's a quality writer."

I think the press does, too; it's just the few crazies and paparazzi that give them a bad name. Real writers write good things. My daughter's a writer, and she's a quality writer.



About Writing Quotes: "The purpose of paragraphing is to give the reader a rest. The writer is saying . . . : Have you got that? If so, I'll go to the next point."

The purpose of paragraphing is to give the reader a rest. The writer is saying . . . : Have you got that? If so, I'll go to the next point.



About Writing Quotes: "Behind the perfection of a man's style, must lie the passion of a man's soul."

Behind the perfection of a man's style, must lie the passion of a man's soul.




About Writing Quotes: "not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is worse."

not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is worse.



About Writing Quotes: "A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit."

A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit.



About Writing Quotes: "To write a poem you must have a streak of arrogance-- not in real life I hope. In real life try to be nice. It will save you a hell of a lot of trouble and give you more time to write."

To write a poem you must have a streak of arrogance-- not in real life I hope. In real life try to be nice. It will save you a hell of a lot of trouble and give you more time to write.



About Writing Quotes: "The more words I have, the more distinct, precise my perceptions become--and such lucidity is a form of joy."

The more words I have, the more distinct, precise my perceptions become--and such lucidity is a form of joy.



About Writing Quotes: "Ideas are the most fragile things in the world, and if you do not write them down, they will be lost forever."

Ideas are the most fragile things in the world, and if you do not write them down, they will be lost forever.



About Writing Quotes: "Every word born of an inner necessity - writing must never be anything else."

Every word born of an inner necessity - writing must never be anything else.



About Writing Quotes: "I never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occurred to me dead sober."

I never drink while I'm working, but after a few glasses I get ideas that would never have occurred to me dead sober.



About Writing Quotes: "The drama of the essay is the way the public life intersects with my personal and private life. It's in that intersection that I find the energy of the essay."

The drama of the essay is the way the public life intersects with my personal and private life. It's in that intersection that I find the energy of the essay.



About Writing Quotes: "I write because I hate. A lot. Hard."

I write because I hate. A lot. Hard.



About Writing Quotes: "I write letters to my right brain all the time. They're just little notes. And right brain, who likes to get little notes from me, will often come through within a day or two."

I write letters to my right brain all the time. They're just little notes. And right brain, who likes to get little notes from me, will often come through within a day or two.



About Writing Quotes: "The true life is not reducible to words spoken or written, not by anyone, ever."

The true life is not reducible to words spoken or written, not by anyone, ever.



About Writing Quotes: "Writing is the supreme solace."

Writing is the supreme solace.



About Writing Quotes: "I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden."

I am writing in the garden. To write as one should of a garden one must write not outside it or merely somewhere near it, but in the garden.



About Writing Quotes: "Language exists less to record the actual than to liberate the imagination."

Language exists less to record the actual than to liberate the imagination.



About Writing Quotes: "Aha! Today I shall become an author! And I will auth and auth and auth and make a squillion dollars, whoopee!"

Aha! Today I shall become an author! And I will auth and auth and auth and make a squillion dollars, whoopee!



About Writing Quotes: "I get angry about things, then go on and work."

I get angry about things, then go on and work.



About Writing Quotes: "In the planning stage of a book, don't plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go before it."

In the planning stage of a book, don't plan the ending. It has to be earned by all that will go before it.



About Writing Quotes: "Nobody reads a book to get to the middle."

Nobody reads a book to get to the middle.



About Writing Quotes: "The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature: only then can he see clearly."

The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature: only then can he see clearly.



About Writing Quotes: "When the writer (or the artist in general) says he has worked without giving any thought to the rules of the process, he simply means he was working without realizing he knew the rules."

When the writer (or the artist in general) says he has worked without giving any thought to the rules of the process, he simply means he was working without realizing he knew the rules.




About Writing Quotes: "Everyone in the South has no time for reading because they are all too busy writing."

Everyone in the South has no time for reading because they are all too busy writing.



About Writing Quotes: "I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work."

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.



About Writing Quotes: "You know how writers are... they create themselves as they create their work. Or perhaps they create their work in order to create themselves."

You know how writers are... they create themselves as they create their work. Or perhaps they create their work in order to create themselves.



About Writing Quotes: "When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth."

When I write, I feel like an armless, legless man with a crayon in his mouth.



About Writing Quotes: "The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer."

The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer.



About Writing Quotes: "This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It's that easy, and that hard."

This is how you do it: you sit down at the keyboard and you put one word after another until its done. It's that easy, and that hard.



About Writing Quotes: "I write in order to comprehend, not to express myself."

I write in order to comprehend, not to express myself.



About Writing Quotes: "Any doctor will admit that any drug can have side effects, and that writing a prescription involves weighing the potential benefits against the risks."

Any doctor will admit that any drug can have side effects, and that writing a prescription involves weighing the potential benefits against the risks.



About Writing Quotes: "You always get more respect when you don't have a happy ending."

You always get more respect when you don't have a happy ending.



About Writing Quotes: "When you start putting pen to paper, you see a side of your personal truth that doesn't otherwise reveal itself in conversation or thought."

When you start putting pen to paper, you see a side of your personal truth that doesn't otherwise reveal itself in conversation or thought.



About Writing Quotes: "Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don't forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the truth."

Good writing is remembering detail. Most people want to forget. Don't forget things that were painful or embarrassing or silly. Turn them into a story that tells the truth.



About Writing Quotes: "A great writer reveals the truth even when he or she does not wish to."

A great writer reveals the truth even when he or she does not wish to.



About Writing Quotes: "If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing, because you have that space."

If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing, because you have that space.



About Writing Quotes: "Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about."

Some writers confuse authenticity, which they ought always to aim at, with originality, which they should never bother about.



About Writing Quotes: "It is easy for men to write and talk like philosophers, but to act with wisdom, there is the rub!"

It is easy for men to write and talk like philosophers, but to act with wisdom, there is the rub!



About Writing Quotes: "I can write for any magazine now, in any voice. I can do it in two hours, I could do it in my sleep, it's like writing a grocery list."

I can write for any magazine now, in any voice. I can do it in two hours, I could do it in my sleep, it's like writing a grocery list.