--- title: "1 Make Writing Quotes By Paul Lynch" description: "1 Make Writing quotes by Paul Lynch. Plus more from Paul Lynch and more Make Writing sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e8/paul-lynch-34910_book_i-write-in-times-new-roman-12-point-and_2298345.jpg" --- > [I write in Times New Roman, 12 point, and arrange the margins so that the screen looks like a page from a book. This spurs me on to make the writing as perfect as I can make it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lynch/i-write-in-times-new-roman-12-point-and-arrange-the-margins-so-that/) [Paul Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lynch/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4e8/paul-lynch-34910_book_i-write-in-times-new-roman-12-point-and_2298345.jpg) ## More by Paul Lynch > [“I spend a lot of time on my own thinking betwixt me and the saddle and I ain’t come up with much but I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lynch/i-spend-a-lot-of-time-on-my-own-thinking-betwixt-me-and-the-saddle/) [Paul Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lynch/) > [I'm not quite Honoré de Balzac, but I can't start without a strong espresso. After an hour and a half or so, I need…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lynch/i-m-not-quite-honor-de-balzac-but-i-can-t-start-without-a-strong/) [Paul Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lynch/) > ["Night sky was black and then there was blood, morning crack of light on the edge of the earth." The ideal first sentence contains…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lynch/night-sky-was-black-and-then-there-was-blood-morning-crack-of-light/) [Paul Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lynch/) > [“Freedom is your soul in the emptiness of night. Freedom is this dark that is as great as what it holds the stars and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lynch/freedom-is-your-soul-in-the-emptiness-of-night-freedom-is-this-dark/) [Paul Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lynch/) > [I find that jazz loosens up the deep place of my mind, lets me find my own strange rhythms. Generally, I find the knottier…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lynch/i-find-that-jazz-loosens-up-the-deep-place-of-my-mind-lets-me-find-my/) [Paul Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lynch/) > [“This place called heaven, this realm of perfection and life everlasting. When it comes down to it, nobody ever wants to go there. Now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lynch/this-place-called-heaven-this-realm-of-perfection-and-life/) [Paul Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lynch/) > [I read continually and don't understand writers who say they don't read while working on a book. For a start, a book takes me…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lynch/i-read-continually-and-don-t-understand-writers-who-say-they-don-t/) [Paul Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lynch/) > [“Daylight tricks you into thinking what you see is truth, lets you go through life thinking you know everything. But the truth is we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lynch/daylight-tricks-you-into-thinking-what-you-see-is-truth-lets-you-go/) [Paul Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lynch/) > [I write in Times New Roman, 12 point, and arrange the margins so that the screen looks like a page from a book. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lynch/i-write-in-times-new-roman-12-point-and-arrange-the-margins-so-that/) [Paul Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lynch/) > [Sometimes, I like to imagine the perfect reader - the reader who not just understands what I am about, but soaks up every word…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lynch/sometimes-i-like-to-imagine-the-perfect-reader-the-reader-who-not/) [Paul Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lynch/) > [“The sea in the distance opening a doorway. Familiar faces turning in half-light and sounds of speech and the way that each body moves…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lynch/the-sea-in-the-distance-opening-a-doorway-familiar-faces-turning-in/) [Paul Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lynch/) > [I particularly like the catchphrase of Leonardo Da Vinci: Ostinato Rigore! (Which means, pretty much, Relentless Rigor).](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lynch/i-particularly-like-the-catchphrase-of-leonardo-da-vinci-ostinato/) [Paul Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lynch/) > [While I read almost all my newspapers online, I'm not a big fan of e-books because I like to see what I've read and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lynch/while-i-read-almost-all-my-newspapers-online-i-m-not-a-big-fan-of-e/) [Paul Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lynch/) > [I need my trusty Mac laptop to write. I can't work with anything else. I'm used to the feel of the keys. I also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-lynch/i-need-my-trusty-mac-laptop-to-write-i-can-t-work-with-anything-else/) [Paul Lynch](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-lynch/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/make-writing/paul-lynch/#itemlist", "name": "1 Make Writing Quotes By Paul Lynch", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I write in Times New Roman, 12 point, and arrange the margins so that the screen looks like a page from a book. 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