Thought Quotes

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I have never thought of myself as a good writer. Anyone who wants reassurance of that should read one of my first drafts. But I'm… — James A. Michener
Girl they love me like I'm Prince, like the new kid with the crown. Bunch of underground kings, thought you knew how we get down. — 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
One writes such a story [The Lord of the Rings] not out of the leaves of trees still to be observed, nor by means of… — J.R.R. Tolkien
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
When I talk to anyone or read the writings of anyone who has any axe to grind, I feel that intellectual honesty and balanced judgement… — George Orwell
I didn't write with a target audience in mind. What excited me was how much I would enjoy writing about Harry. I never thought about… — Joanne Kathleen Rowling
Acutely aware of the poverty of my means, language became obstacle. At every page I thought, 'That's not it.' So I began again with other… — Elie Wiesel
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
Beware of clichés. Not just the clichés that Martin Amis is at war with. There are clichés of response as well as expression. There are… — Geoff Dyer
Must you write complete sentences each time, every time? Perish the thought. If your work consists only of fragments and floating clauses, the Grammar Police… — Stephen King
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
Literature is doomed if liberty of thought perishes. — George Orwell
Clarity in language depends on clarity in thought. — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
Readers take in dialogue one thought at a time. A frequent mistake of beginners is to combine thoughts, which may be suitable for other forms… — Sol Stein
Exclamation points are the most irritating of all. Look! they say, look at what I just said! How amazing is my thought! It is like… — Lewis Thomas
The more you have thought and written on a given theme, the more you can still write. Thought breeds thought. It grows under your hands. — Henry David Thoreau
The greatest possible mint of style is to make the words absolutely disappear into the thought. — Nathaniel Hawthorne
First thought is best in Art, second in other matters. — William Blake
The muse appears at the point in my writing when I sense a subtle shift, a nudge to move over, and everything cracks open, the… — Amy Tan
I WILL SPARK A GENERATION OF THINKERS WHO WILL QUESTION TRADITIONAL THOUGHT UNTIL THEY FIND THE ABSOLUTE TRUTH — Kanye West
Though old the thought and oft exprest, Tis his at last who says it best. — James Russell Lowell
From the reader's point of view, punctuation provides a map for one who must otherwise drive blindly past the by-ways, intersections, and detours of a… — Unknown Author
There is no beautifier of complexion, or form, or behavior, like the wish to scatter joy and not pain around us. 'Tis good to give… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
There is a distinction between what may be called a problem and what may be considered an exercise. The latter serves to drill a student… — Howard Whitley Eves

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