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On Writing Quotes: "It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book."

It is my ambition to say in ten sentences what others say in a whole book.



On Writing Quotes: "The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience."

The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.




On Writing Quotes: "Don't classify me, read me. I'm a writer, not a genre."

Don't classify me, read me. I'm a writer, not a genre.



On Writing Quotes: "You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club."

You can't wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.




On Writing Quotes: "You define your own life. Don't let other people write your script."

You define your own life. Don't let other people write your script.



On Writing Quotes: "If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum."

If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum.



On Writing Quotes: "I used to write things out beforehand. But sometimes it backfires"

I used to write things out beforehand. But sometimes it backfires




On Writing Quotes: "The road to hell is paved with adverbs."

The road to hell is paved with adverbs.



On Writing Quotes: "Typography has one plain duty before it and that is to convey information in writing. No argument or consideration can absolve typography from this duty."

Typography has one plain duty before it and that is to convey information in writing. No argument or consideration can absolve typography from this duty.



On Writing Quotes: "A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit."

A man who uses a great many words to express his meaning is like a bad marksman who, instead of aiming a single stone at an object, takes up a handful and throws at it in hopes he may hit.



On Writing Quotes: "You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream."

You can't always write a chord ugly enough to say what you want to say, so sometimes you have to rely on a giraffe filled with whipped cream.



On Writing Quotes: "Like writing, reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of life."

Like writing, reading is a protest against the insufficiencies of life.




On Writing Quotes: "They ask me what I'd like written about me when I'm gone. I hope they write I made Penn State a better place, not just that I was a good football coach."

They ask me what I'd like written about me when I'm gone. I hope they write I made Penn State a better place, not just that I was a good football coach.



On Writing Quotes: "You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday"

You should never be ashamed to admit you have been wrong. It only proves you are wiser today than yesterday



On Writing Quotes: "Decide what it is you want, write it down, review it constantly, and each day do something that moves you toward those goals."

Decide what it is you want, write it down, review it constantly, and each day do something that moves you toward those goals.



On Writing Quotes: "Culture is everything. Culture is the way we dress, the way we carry our heads, the way we walk, the way we tie our ties - it is not only the fact of writing books or building houses."

Culture is everything. Culture is the way we dress, the way we carry our heads, the way we walk, the way we tie our ties - it is not only the fact of writing books or building houses.



On Writing Quotes: "Sure, retarded jokes write themselves. But the spelling is always way off."

Sure, retarded jokes write themselves. But the spelling is always way off.



On Writing Quotes: "I always start writing with a clean piece of paper and a dirty mind."

I always start writing with a clean piece of paper and a dirty mind.



On Writing Quotes: "If you cannot write well, you cannot think well; if you cannot think well, others will do your thinking for you."

If you cannot write well, you cannot think well; if you cannot think well, others will do your thinking for you.



On Writing Quotes: "I have always wanted to write a book that ended with the word 'mayonnaise."

I have always wanted to write a book that ended with the word 'mayonnaise.



On Writing Quotes: "I always dream of a pen that would be a syringe."

I always dream of a pen that would be a syringe.



On Writing Quotes: "One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple."

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.



On Writing Quotes: "If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing Double Dahlias in his garden."

If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing Double Dahlias in his garden.



On Writing Quotes: "I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone's little finger and break it in three places."

I want to write songs that are so sad, the kind of sad where you take someone's little finger and break it in three places.



On Writing Quotes: "Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away."

Silk Road to Ruin has all the analysis and it's structured very well. I rely on my notes more and I use direct quotes. But there's nothing like writing about it right away.



On Writing Quotes: "It's not those who write the laws that have the greatest impact on society. It's those who write the songs."

It's not those who write the laws that have the greatest impact on society. It's those who write the songs.



On Writing Quotes: "Write, form a rhizome, increase your territory by deterritorialization, extend the line of flight to the point where it becomes an abstract machine covering the entire plane of consistency."

Write, form a rhizome, increase your territory by deterritorialization, extend the line of flight to the point where it becomes an abstract machine covering the entire plane of consistency.



On Writing Quotes: "A country that does not know how to read and write is easy to deceive."

A country that does not know how to read and write is easy to deceive.



On Writing Quotes: "It's not what you do. It's the way you do it-stripping, or writing, or talking . . . or just breathing. Do it with an air, and never admit you're scared."

It's not what you do. It's the way you do it-stripping, or writing, or talking . . . or just breathing. Do it with an air, and never admit you're scared.



On Writing Quotes: "I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil."

I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.



On Writing Quotes: "A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it."

A short story must have a single mood and every sentence must build towards it.



On Writing Quotes: "Pencil in your plans but write your visions in ink"

Pencil in your plans but write your visions in ink



On Writing Quotes: "I want to advise this people, if the Lord ever does give you an inspiration, for heaven's sake write it down and remember it."

I want to advise this people, if the Lord ever does give you an inspiration, for heaven's sake write it down and remember it.



On Writing Quotes: "I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs, and I will shout it from the rooftops."

I believe the road to hell is paved with adverbs, and I will shout it from the rooftops.



On Writing Quotes: "What’s writing really about? It’s about trying to take fuller possession of the reality of your life."

What’s writing really about? It’s about trying to take fuller possession of the reality of your life.



On Writing Quotes: "The victimization of children is nowhere forbidden; what is forbidden is to write about it."

The victimization of children is nowhere forbidden; what is forbidden is to write about it.



On Writing Quotes: "I write for young girls of color, for girls who don’t even exist yet, so that there is something there for them when they arrive. I can only change how they live, not how they think."

I write for young girls of color, for girls who don’t even exist yet, so that there is something there for them when they arrive. I can only change how they live, not how they think.



On Writing Quotes: "A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of."

A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the word you first thought of.



On Writing Quotes: "All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings."

All things must be examined, debated, investigated without exception and without regard for anyone's feelings.



On Writing Quotes: "The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering."

The world is a hellish place, and bad writing is destroying the quality of our suffering.



On Writing Quotes: "Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon."

Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader - not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.



On Writing Quotes: "I would, however, start writing fiction about 10 years before I actually did, because it's such great fun to do, many times more creative than nonfiction."

I would, however, start writing fiction about 10 years before I actually did, because it's such great fun to do, many times more creative than nonfiction.



On Writing Quotes: "Between rounds of speed chess I read enough of a programming manual to teach myself to write programs on the school's DEC mainframe in the language Basic."

Between rounds of speed chess I read enough of a programming manual to teach myself to write programs on the school's DEC mainframe in the language Basic.



On Writing Quotes: "I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turning into confident ducks."

I don't have ugly ducklings turning into swans in my stories. I have ugly ducklings turning into confident ducks.



On Writing Quotes: "There's a story everywhere. Being bored to death someplace is basically a funny proposition. What you have to watch out for is you don't write a boring story about a boring place."

There's a story everywhere. Being bored to death someplace is basically a funny proposition. What you have to watch out for is you don't write a boring story about a boring place.



On Writing Quotes: "The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business."

The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.



On Writing Quotes: "Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable."

Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.



On Writing Quotes: "History will be kind to me for I intend to write it."

History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.



On Writing Quotes: "The shame of being a man - is there any better reason to write?"

The shame of being a man - is there any better reason to write?