Quotes of: Book-writing Keyword

Brrr, who had never admired books particularly...didn't remember that a mere book might reek of sex, possibility, fecundity. Yet a book has a ripe furrow and a yielding spine, he thought, and the nuances to be teased from its pages are nearly infinit...

A Lion Among Men

We were bleeding information from the nose and ears, though dazed and disoriented was not how I experienced it. Most of the time, I felt like I was three years old, high on chocolate cake and social networks, constantly wired, ingesting information a...

This Book Is Overdue!: How Librarians and Cybrarians Can Save Us All

A library is a good place to go when you feel unhappy, for there, in a book, you may find encouragement and comfort. A library is a good place to go when you feel bewildered or undecided, for there, in a book, you may have your question answered. Boo...

E.B. White

...no good writing flows from a polluted well - you can write about monsters, but you can't be one...

A Familiar Rain

That was asking a lot of my readers, I realized, but I was trying to write the novel I would most enjoy decoding.

How To Write Science Fiction

With the right tools, you can write anything ...

Anatomy of a Premise Line: How to Master Premise and Story Development for Writing Success

To find the courage to keep writing after constant failure is awesomeness. Winning is eminent.

How to Write High Quality Articles In Half the Time

For me writing has always been best when it's intimate, as sexy as skin on skin.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

Can I be blunt on this subject? If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or despair ... Come to it any way but lightly.

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

When I write, I make discoveries about my feelings.

Writing Magic: Creating Stories that Fly

Indeed, learning to write may be part of learning to read. For all I know, writing comes out of a superior devotion to reading.

On Writing

Each time I write, I reaffirm my soul.

Writing Affirmations: A Collection of Positive Messages to Inspire Writers

I write journals and would recommend journal writing to anyone who wishes to pursue a writing career. You learn a lot. You also remember a lot... and memory is important.

Judy Collins

The mission of the playwright is to look in his heart and write, to write whatever concerns him at the moment; to write with passion and conviction. Of course the measure of the man will be the measure of the play.

Robert Anderson

I never know what I am writing. The moment you know what you're writing, you're writing nothing worth reading.

Richard Flanagan

All good writing is persuasive writing; persuading the reader to buy what you're selling, to side with you, to believe the tales you tell.

Ramsey Isler

If you want to study writing, read Dickens. That's how to study writing, or Faulkner, or D.H. Lawrence, or John Keats. They can teach you everything you need to know about writing.

Shelby Foote

I wanted to be free to write the way I wanted to write, and my impression of Christian publishing, at least in fiction, was that there wasn't room for what I wanted to write.

Sara Zarr

We can no longer allow them to write just stories and poems; we must teach them the forms of nonfiction writing as well, specifically that of writing on demand.

Troy Hicks