More Writing Quotes

“Writing is the only thing that,

when I do it,I don't feel I should be doing

anything else.”~Gloria Steinem

“Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the

least space.”~Orson Scott Card

“I write to correct life’s unfairness.”

~Verandah Porche

“A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer.”

~Karl Kraus

“Memory believesbefore knowing remembers.”

~William Faulkner

“Easy reading is damn hard writing.”

~Nathaniel Hawthorne

“Inch by inch, the words surprised me.”

~W. Kennedy

“To me the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner music the words

make.”~Truman Capote, 1967

“When I write, ideas

wander around in my mind looking for

something to do.”~S.E. Hinton

“Every writer I know has trouble writing.”

~Joseph Heller

“Time to a writer is like play dough in the hands of a

toddler.”~Barry Lane

“A synonym is a word you use when you can’t spell the

other one.”~Baltasar Gracian

“If there is a book you really want to read but you can’t find

it, sit down and write it.”

~Toni Morrison

On writing….“I try to leave out the parts that

people skip.”~Elmore Leonard

“I’m not a very good writer, but I’m an excellent rewriter.”

~James Michener

“Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light

on broken glass.”~Anton Chekhov

“Putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought making us think more deeply even if our writing is thrown

away.”~Norbet Platt

“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.”

~Mark Twain

“When something can be read without effort, great effort has

gone into its writing.”~Enrique Jardiel Poncela

“You write to communicate what’s burning inside you.

You edit to let the fire show through the smoke.”

~Author Unknown