Sound judgment is the ground of writing well. — Wentworth Dillon, 4th Earl of Roscommon Copy Share Image
“Publishing a book does not make you an authority or an expert. Authorship doesn’t not equal authority.” — Loren Weisman Copy Share Image
Manner is all in all, whate'er is writ,The substitute for genius, sense, and wit. — William Cowper Copy Share Image
Write to the mind and heart, and let the ear Glean after what it can. — Philip James Bailey Copy Share Image
Successful writers learn at last what they should learn at first,--to be intelligently simple. — Josh Billings Copy Share Image
Strength is not energy; some authors have more muscles than talent. — Joseph Joubert Copy Share Image
Knowledge is the foundation and source of good writing. [Lat., Scibendi recte sapere est et principium et fons.] — Horace Copy Share Image
“I consider myself a Nordic author. But I do not know exactly what that is. I think it has something to do… — Lars Saabye Christensen Copy Share Image
Authorship is, according to the spirit in which it is pursued, an infamy, a pastime, a day-labor, a handicraft, an art, a… — August Wilhelm von Schlegel Copy Share Image
There are three difficulties in authorship: to write anything worth publishing, to find honest men to publish it, and to find sensible… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Often turn the stile [correct with care], if you expect to write anything worthy of being read twice. [Lat., Saepe stilum vertas,… — Horace Copy Share Image
There are both dull correctness and piquant carelessness; it is needless to say which will command the most readers and have the… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
There are three difficulties in authorship; to write any thing worth the publishing — to find honest men to publish it —… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
Our favorites are few; since only what rises from the heart reaches it, being caught and carried on the tongues of men… — Amos Bronson Alcott Copy Share Image
But every fool describes, in these bright days, His wondrous journey to some foreign court, And spawns his quarto, and demands your… — Lord Byron Copy Share Image
For popular purposes, at least, the aim of literary artists should be similar to that of Rubens in his landscapes, of which,… — William Benton Clulow Copy Share Image
We may observe in humorous authors that the faults they chiefly ridicule have often a likeness in themselves. Cervantes had much of… — Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Copy Share Image
How many great ones may remember'd be, Which in their days most famously did flourish, Of whom no word we hear, nor… — Edmund Spenser Copy Share Image
“Self-doubt is every writer’s nemesis. While healthy in moderation, unchecked self-doubt can lead to procrastination, crippling perfectionism, and ultimately failure. If you’re… — Will Raywood Copy Share Image
The only times we are consciously aware of the authorship of a photograph, I would argue, are when we contemplate the photographs… — William Boyd Copy Share Image
“I was arguing not that everyone should read books by ladies—though shifting the balance matters—but that maybe the whole point of reading… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
There are three difficulties in authorship;-to write any thing worth the publishing-to find honest men to publish it -and to get sensible… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
“The name Maldoror, suggesting as it does evil, gold, horror, dawn, sadness etc., seems a curious hybrid, but on reading the work… — Alexis Lykiard Copy Share Image
“And if I'm guilty of having gratuitous sex, then I'm also guilty of having gratuitous violence, and gratuitous feasting, and gratuitous description… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
Each religion is a brave guess at the authorship of Hamlet. Yet, as far as the play goes, does it make any… — Lewis Mumford Copy Share Image
“The Author To Her Book Thou ill-formed offspring of my feeble brain, Who after birth did'st by my side remain, Till snatcht… — Anne Bradstreet Copy Share Image
“Yes, there are many ways to collect content, but in my experience - the best and most authentic content is one which… — Kytka Hilmar-Jezek Copy Share Image
“[Henry James'] essay's closing lines can either be read neutrally or as a more purposeful wish that this mystery [of Shakespeare's authorship]… — James Shapiro Copy Share Image
Of course, if one's reading Kierkegaard for personal interest that's fine - but it's sloppy scholarship just to cherry pick what suits… — George Pattison Copy Share Image
“Every article and review and book that I have ever published has constituted an appeal to the person or persons to whom… — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
“None of the things I have mentioned can make a foolish man wise or a bad book good. But when they are… — John Russell Copy Share Image
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