Thing Quotes

36662 Thing quotes by 13492 unique authors

Fundamentally, all writing is about the same thing; it's about dying, about the brief flicker of time we have here, and the frustration that it… — Mordecai Richler
When I say or write something, there are actually a whole lot of different things I am communicating. The propositional content (i.e., the verbal information… — David Foster Wallace
You have a great deal of yourself on the line, writing- your vanity is at stake. You discover a tricky thing about fiction writing; a… — David Foster Wallace
Writing is like everything else: the more you do it the better you get. Don't try to perfect as you go along, just get to… — Iain Banks
Good is always a good thing. — Drake
When I was 8, I was reading a book in which it was snowing. When I looked outside, I expected there to be snow on… — Candace Bushnell
Don't try to guess what sort of thing editors want to publish or what you think the country is in a mood to read. Editors… — William Zinsser
You feel the call. That's the important thing. Now answer it as fully as you can. Take the risk to let all that is in… — Elizabeth Berg
For most of us the rules of English grammar are at best a dimly remembered thing. But even for those who make the rules, grammatical… — Bill Bryson
Words are the most powerful thing in the universe... Words are containers. They contain faith, or fear, and they produce after their kind. — Charles Capps
I don't want to take up literature in a money-making spirit, or be very anxious about making large profits, but selling it at a loss… — Lewis Carroll
I think a little menace is fine to have in a story. For one thing, it's good for the circulation. — Raymond Carver
At one time I thought the most important thing was talent. I think now that the young man must possess or teach himself, training himself,… — William Faulkner
It's a delicious thing to write. To be no longer yourself but to move in an entire universe of your own creating. — Gustave Flaubert
On the whole, dialogue is the most difficult thing, without any doubt. It's very difficult, unfortunately. You have to detach yourself from the notion of… — John Fowles
All the fun is in how you say a thing. — Robert Frost
I've always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in the morning and put words… — Robert Harris
Try any goddam thing you like, no matter how boringly normal or outrageous. If it works, fine. If it doesn't, toss it. Toss it even… — Stephen King
In fiction there can be no appeal to any authority outside the book itself. . . . the thing has to look true, and that… — Percy Lubbock
Fiction is the most joyous, beautiful, sophisticated, wonderful thing in the world. — Arundhati Roy

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