Wednesday, May 25, 2022

Quotes of the Week

A writer always thinks the last version of his novel is best, until he reads it again...
--Martin Wilsey

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

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

There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. 
—W. Somerset Maugham

Maybe the hardest thing in writing is simply to tell the truth about things as we see them.
—John Steinbeck

Style is knowing who you are, what you want to say, and not giving a damn.
—Orson Welles

It's true that writing is a solitary occupation, but you would be surprised at how much companionship a group of imaginary #characters can offer once you get to know them.
—Anne Tyler

Novel writing, I soon discovered, is like channel swimming: a slow and steady stroke over a long distance in a cold, dark sea.
—Ann Patvhett

Don't loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club, and if you don't get it you will nonetheless get something that looks remarkably like it.
—Jack London

The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in shock-proof shit-detector—the writer's radar...all great writers have had it.
—Ernest Hemingway

 

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