All Quotes By Tag: Writing
“I only knew what was in my mind, and I wished to express it clearly”
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“What I adore is supreme professionalism. I’m bored by writers who can write only when it’s raining.”
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“If you feel that strongly about something, you have an obligation to try and change my mind.”
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“Write about small, self-contained incidents that are still vivid in your memory. If you remember them, it’s because they contain a larger truth that your readers will recognize in their own lives. Think small and you’ll wind up finding the big themes in your family saga. ”
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“Follow the path of your aroused thought, and you will soon meet this infernal inscription: There is nothing so beautiful as that which does not exist.”
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“Who dreamt and made incarnate gaps in Time & Spacethrough images juxtaposed, and trapped the archangel of the soul between 2 visual images and joined the elemental verbs and set the noun and dash of consciousness together jumping with sensation of Pater Omnipotens Aeterna Deus to recreate the syntax and measure of poor human prose and stand before you speechless and intelligent and shaking with shame”
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“What really annoys me are the ones who write to say, I am doing your book for my final examinations and could you please tell me what the meaning of it is. I find it just so staggering–that you’re supposed to explain the meaning of your book to some total stranger! If I knew what the meanings of my books were, I wouldn’t have bothered to write them.”
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“I used to be afraid about what people might say or think after reading what I had written. I am not afraid anymore, because when I write, I am not trying to prove anything to anyone, I am just expressing myself and my opinions. It’s ok if my opinions are different from those of the reader, each of us can have his own opinions. So writing is like talking, if you are afraid of writing, you may end up being afraid of talking”
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“An author, whether good or bad, or between both, is an animal whom every body is privileged to attack: for though all are not able to write books, all conceive themselves able to judge them.”
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“The greatest part of a writer’s time is spent in reading, in order to write: a man will turn over half a library to make one book.”
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“Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.”
“And please God, grant me the wisdom to remember that I am writing for children, not golden stickers.”
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“As the story grew, it put down roots into the past and threw out unexpected branches .”
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“Writing a book isn’t an easy process nor is it always enjoyable, but it is one of life’s most satisfying achievements.”
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“Only half the story is true. The rest is necessary.”