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Rich enough that I don't have to tell em I'm rich — Drake
No one suggests that writing about science will turn the entire world into a model of judgment and creative thought. It will be enough if… — Isaac Asimov
If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego. — David Brin
If you look at anything long enough, say just that wall in front of you - it will come out of that wall. — Anton Chekhov
If a writer of prose knows enough about what he is writing about he may omit things that he knows and the reader, if the… — Ernest Hemingway
...the vital point to remember is that the swine who just sent your pearl of a story back with nothing but a coffee-stain and a… — Brian Stableford
I made up my mind long ago to follow one cardinal rule in all my writing-to be clear. I have given up all thought of… — Isaac Asimov
One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner either. — David Foster Wallace
Of course, the fact that Dostoevsky can tell a juicy story isn't enough to make him great. If it were, Judith Krantz and John Grisham… — David Foster Wallace
It's not enough to create magic. You have to create a price for magic, too. You have to create rules. — Eric Burns
Beware of self-indulgence. The romance surrounding the writing profession carries several myths: that one must suffer in order to be creative; that one must be… — David Brin
When using dialect, use it lightly. A dialect word here and there is enough. All you want to do is suggest. Never let it call… — Flannery O'Connor
Write what you care about and understand. Writers should never try to outguess the marketplace in search of a salable idea; the simple truth is… — Richard North Patterson
The first rule for a good style is to have something to say; in fact, this in itself is almost enough. — Arthur Schopenhauer
You must want to enough. Enough to take all the rejections, enough to pay the price of disappointment and discouragement while you are learning. — Phyllis A. Whitney
The good parts of a book may be only something a writer is lucky enough to overhear or it may be the wreck of his… — Ernest Hemingway
You can write about anything, and if you write well enough, even the reader with no intrinsic interest in the subject will become involved. — Tracy Kidder
I know well enough that very few people who are supposedly interested in writing are interested in writing well. They are interested in publishing something,… — Flannery O'Connor
Writer's block is a natural affliction. Writers who have never experienced it have something wrong with them. It means there isn't enough friction-that they aren't… — Stanley Kunitz
I am profoundly uncertain how to write. I know what I love and what I like, because it's a direct passionate response. But when I… — Susan Sontag

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