Compass Quote by Alexander Pope

“In ev'ry work regard the writer's end, Since none can compass more than they intend; And if the means be just, the conduct true,…

— Alexander Pope

“I feel so lucky at being able to do what I love. Writing has proved to be a fascinating journey – without maps and…

— Elizabeth Buchan

“The sign of a good novel is what it can cause its reader to see, even if this lies beyond the author's own vision.”

— John Gaddis

“We’re striking out mostly blind, using a compass and a series of old sketches that have been passed back”

— Lauren Oliver

“A writer's job is done once the lines touch reader's forbidden chords.”

— Shreya Gupta

“Writing gives you a reach to the stars, That reach means there is NO CEILING!!!!!!!!”

— Maija Monreaux

The clever reader who is capable or reading between these lines what does not stand written in them but is nevertheless implied will be…

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

“Writers write for the same reason readers read. We want to know how it ends, too.”

— Robynn Tolbert

“A writer's will is the winds of dead calm in the Western Lands. Point way out he can start stirring of the sail. Writer,…

— William S. Burroughs

“[N]o such thing as objective writing, . . . every inscription, every traveler's tale, every news account, every piece of technical writing, tells more…

— Sue Hubbell

Every writer is working from his own individual world view, and that can become as characteristic as a fingerprint.

— Don Pendleton

“A writer's work is never done, unless he or she has no readers.”

— K. Sean Harris