The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter—'tis the difference between the lightning-bug and the lightning. —Mark Twain More about this quote Tags: words writing meaning accuracy Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it. —Anaïs Nin More about this quote Tags: writing perception art familiar seeing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
You are going to have to give and give and give, or there’s no reason for you to be writing. You have to give from the deepest part of yourself, and you are going to have to go on giving, and the giving is going to have to be its own reward. There is no cosmic importance to your getting something published, but there is in learning to be a giver. —Anne Lamott More about this quote Tags: importance writing art giving Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self. —Cyril Connolly More about this quote Tags: writing self Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Every journalist has a novel in him, which is an excellent place for it. —Russel Lynes More about this quote Tags: writing journalism novels Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork. —Peter De Vries More about this quote Tags: humor writing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none. —Jules Renard More about this quote Tags: talent writing literature Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
The only thing I was fit for was to be a writer, and this notion rested solely on my suspicion that I would never be fit for real work, and that writing didn't require any. —Russell Baker More about this quote Tags: writing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
In certain kinds of writing, particularly in art criticism and literary criticism, it is normal to come across long passages which are almost completely lacking in meaning. —George Orwell More about this quote Tags: writing meaning art criticism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you. —Cyril Connolly More about this quote Tags: kindness writing age nice Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule. —Stephen King More about this quote Tags: words writing Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
Rock journalism is people who can't write interviewing people who can't talk for people who can't read. —Frank Zappa More about this quote Tags: writing music journalism Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment. —Josh Billings More about this quote Tags: writing originality theft plagiarism judgment Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
History will be kind to me for I intend to write it. —Winston Churchill More about this quote Tags: history writing control Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email
I don't care what is written about me so long as it isn't true. —Dorothy Parker More about this quote Tags: truth writing desire Permalink for this quote facebook twitter tumblr email