All Quotes By Tag: Writing

“There are books of which the backs and covers are by far the best parts.”

“Here is a lesson in creative writing. First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college.”

“let me live, love, and say it well in good sentences”

“Don’t bend; don’t water it down; don’t try to make it logical; don’t edit your own soul according to the fashion. Rather, follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”

“Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.”

“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”

“A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”

“you can, you should, and if you’re brave enough to start, you will.”

“The first draft of anything is shit.”

“I can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.”

“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”

“If you want to really hurt you parents, and you don’t have the nerve to be gay, the least you can do is go into the arts. I’m not kidding. The arts are not a way to make a living. They are a very human way of making life more bearable. Practicing an art, no matter how well or badly, is a way to make your soul grow, for heaven’s sake. Sing in the shower. Dance to the radio. Tell stories. Write a poem to a friend, even a lousy poem. Do it as well as you possible can. You will get an enormous reward. You will have created something.”

“Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.”

“We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.”

“How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.”