Wednesday, April 13, 2022

10 MORE WRITING QUOTES

The road to hell is paved with adverbs. — Stephen King

 

I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide. — Harper Lee, WD

 

If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can't allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative. — Elmore Leonard

 

Writing books is the closest men ever come to childbearing. — Norman Mailer

 

Writing is its own reward. — Henry Miller

 

If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. — Toni Morrison

 

We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect. — Anaïs Nin

 

The road to hell is paved with works-in-progress. — Phillip Roth

 

Ideas are like rabbits. You get a couple and learn how to handle them, and pretty soon you have a dozen.— John Steinbeck

 

I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in. — Robert Louis Stevenson

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What's your favorite quote about writing?

5 comments:

  1. I love all of these, Lois. Hears my own quote: If you want to write, you must READ, READ, READ.

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  2. Thanks, Kathleen. I think I used that quote previously when I posted quotes. Or maybe I've got it in the one I have scheduled for next month. Can't quite remember...

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  3. Lois, I love the one about rabbits. That may become my favorite quote. Darlene

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  4. Lois, These are all good. IMO, 'writing is its own reward' is most apt. Thank you for posting.

    Mary
    M.E. Bakos

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  5. Darlene, that's also a good one.

    Mary, that one, too.

    Actually, they're all good, aren't they? ;-)

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