Quotes of: I-write Keyword

I have a 60-acre farm in North Carolina, and I have a tractor and a farmhouse. As soon as I groom the land, I want to put cabins around and have a place where people can write and hang out. It'll be either that or an all-black nudist colony.

Zach Galifianakis

I began using pseudonyms early in my career, when I was being paid a quarter a cent a word for my work, and when I had to write a lot to earn a living. Sometimes I had three or four stories in a single magazine without the editor knowing they were al...

Evan Hunter

I feel very protective in the first draft, when all the pieces are coming together. I work in a way that is not linear or chronological at all, even with the short story. I will just be writing bits and pieces, and then when I have all the pieces on ...

Jill McCorkle

Sometimes the only way I know how to work through something is by writing a poem. And sometimes I get to the end of the poem and look back and go, 'Oh, that's what this is all about,' and sometimes I get to the end of the poem and haven't solved anyt...

Sarah Kay

Very often we write down a sentence then another what we have to do is write it down at the proper time, otherwise it's lost.

Concrete

Comics are drawings, not photographs, and as such they present a subjective view of reality.

Dreamland Japan: Writings on Modern Manga

Love is the extremely difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.

Existentialists and Mystics Writings on Philosophy and Literature

Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. Inside of a dog it's too dark to read.

The Essential Groucho: Writings For By And About Groucho Marx

...the secret to writing is to get your own pain - shout it out till it hurts your throat - weep it into your pillow - then write it down ...

A Familiar Rain

A child can learn what is right as easy as what is wrong and whatever impressions are made on the mind when it is plastic will remain there.

How to Speak and Write Correctly

There is an old Latin quotation in regard to the poet which says ' ' the translation of which is— the poet is born, not made.

How to Speak and Write Correctly

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.

How To Write Science Fiction

The emotional tone or affect of the tale should be hot and engaged, not remote and dispassionate.

How To Write Science Fiction

Happiness is so nonsynonymous with joy or pleasure that it is not infrequently sought and felt in grief and deprivation.

Humanist Without Portfolio: An Anthology of the writings of Wilhelm von Humboldt

You don't always have to chop with the sword of truth. You can point with it too.

Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Write and your experiences with others. Never underestimate your writings. It can bring hope and inspiration to many people.

Beautiful Quotes

Families are great murderers of the creative impulsive, particularly husbands.

If You Want to Write: A Book about Art, Independence and Spirit

Initiative without action is the same as having the mind to acknowledge a problem, but not having the heart to see it through.

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

Everybody has good and bad forces working with them, against them, and within them.

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

Humanity is lost because people have abandoned using their conscience as their compass.

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem

Always listen to the voice of your conscience. If your conscience conflicts with your faith, question everything.

Rise Up and Salute the Sun: The Writings of Suzy Kassem