All Quotes By Tag: Writing

“Eating was still a sore point with Smriti.She failed to understand,when interesting options like mango juice or chocolates were available,why was she forced by her stupid mother to eat boring regular meals?After much contemplation,Nikhil came up with a suggestion’Don’t give her food till she herself asks for it’.His idea’starve-to know-the-worth-of -food’made sense to Abhilasha,though it took her a great deal of resolve before she could actually try it out. So on a sunday,the’lady with an iron will’took over from’the soft and kind hearted mother’.she did not give her anything to eat and waited for the golden moment,expecting a hungry Smriti to beg for food.But the much awaited moment never came.Smriti was not at all bothered about her meal and kept playing happily. The day turned into evening and still there was no trace of hunger in her.”Aren’t you feeling hungry?’ now a worried mother had no option but to eat the humble pie and ask the daughter.”No Maa. My friend Pinky had brought wafers and chocolates. Those were so yummy that I ate them all……”And that was the end of her’starve-to -know-the-worth-of-food-mission.”

“How can we manage to illuminate the pathos of our lives?”

“Writing is like baking cupcakes, you’re trying to make something from the raw. Like with cupcakes it’s flour and eggs and stuff, and with books it’s ideas and words. The end result is the same though, you want people to eat them up.”

“We all know writing is a reclusive, lonely endeavour. It just is. But nobody writes alone.”

“My advice for aspiring writers is go to New York. And if you can’t go to New York, go to the place that represents New York to you, where the standards for writing are high, there are other people who share your dreams, and where you can talk, talk, talk about your interests. Writing books begins in talking about it, like most human projects, and in being close to those who have already done what you propose to do.”

“Murphy is a writer’s best friend, but you have to keep an eye on him, or he’ll steal the silver.”

“As many authors have said, if the writer is not surprised by events, then chances are that the reader will not be either, and grow bored.”

“إن الحرف المخطط ليس كلياً حرفاً، إنه بالأحرى شئ يتموضع بين الكتابة والموسيقى”

“Writing is talking to yourself-with the hope of being overheard.”

“I go silent so I can write. When my tongue is wagging my fingers are silent.”

“If you’re a writer, write. And always strive for excellence.”

“I got this story from someone who had no business in the telling of it.”

“A writer doesn’t dream of riches and fame, though those things are nice. A true writer longs to leave behind a piece of themselves, something that withstands the test of time and is passed down for generations.”

“It’s about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.”

“Writing is done alone. People do not talk about the things they do alone.”