Writing

Author quotes

F. Scott Fitzgerald quote: “All good writing is swimming under water…”

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Quotes from writers

Robert A. Heinlein quote: “Writing is not necessarily something to be…”

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Marshall McLuhan

Marshall McLuhan quote: “Far more thought and care go into…”

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Lillian Hellman

Lillian Hellman quote: “They’re fancy talkers about themselves, writers. If…”

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Lillian Hellman

Lillian Hellman quote: “Failure in the theater is more dramatic…”

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Lillian Hellman

Lillian Hellman quote: “If I had to give young writers…”

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Novelist quotes

Truman Capote quote: “Writing has laws of perspective, of light…”

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Novelist quotes

Truman Capote quote: “Writing stopped being fun when I discovered…”

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Novelist quotes

Truman Capote quote: “That isn’t writing at all, it’s typing…”

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Novelist quotes

Truman Capote quote: “To me, the greatest pleasure of writing…”

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Novelist quotes

Truman Capote quote: “I like to talk on TV about…”

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Joseph Heller

Joseph Heller quote: “Every writer I know has trouble writing…”

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James A. Michener

James A. Michener quote: “I think the crucial thing in the…”

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James A. Michener

James A. Michener quote: “I was a Navy officer writing about…”

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James A. Michener

James A. Michener quote: “I love writing. I love the swirl…”

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Daphne du Maurier

Daphne du Maurier quote: “When one is writing a novel in…”

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Celebrity quotes

Paul Desmond quote: “Writing is like jazz. It can be…”

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Charles Kuralt

Charles Kuralt quote: “TV critics, who traditionally hate television and…”

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Charles Kuralt

Charles Kuralt quote: “I believe that writing is derivative. I…”

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Author quotes

Flannery O’Connor quote: “Writing a novel is a terrible experience…”

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Author quotes

Jessamyn West quote: “Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends…”

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Georges Simenon

Georges Simenon quote: “Writing is not a profession but a…”

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Critic

Margaret Fuller quote: “The use of criticism, in periodical writing…”

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Author quotes

John Steinbeck quote: “The profession of book writing makes horse…”

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Author quotes

Jessamyn West quote: “Talent is helpful in writing, but guts…”

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Emma Lazarus

Emma Lazarus quote: “I am never going to write for…”

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Author quotes

Jessamyn West quote: “Faithfulness to the past can be a…”

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Author quotes

Samuel Johnson quote: “Your manuscript is both good and original…”

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Family quotes

Nathaniel Hawthorne quote: “The only sensible ends of literature are…”

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Business quotes

Lee Iacocca quote: “The discipline of writing something down is…”

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