Work Quotes

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My work...is to shatter the faith of men here, there, and everywhere, faith in affirmation, faith in negation, and faith in abstention from faith, and… — Miguel de Unamuno
I get up every day and work in the morning. I have my coffee and get to work. On good days I look up and… — George R. R. Martin
Writing fiction is an inherently political activity because people-even imaginary ones-do not live in vacuums... From Twilight to Romeo and Juliet to The Little Mermaid,… — John Green
Start early and work hard. A writer's apprenticeship usually involves writing a million words (which are then discarded) before he's almost ready to begin. That… — David Eddings
I do not wish to comment on the work; if it does not speak for itself, it is a failure. — George Orwell
Postmodern irony and cynicism's become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare to try to talk about… — David Foster Wallace
Writing is just work-there's no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type or write with your toes-it's still just work. — Sinclair Lewis
Cause I'm on set, make it work, break even on 9 to 5's. Cigarettes and lotto tickets, tryna keep that grind alive — Drake
After finishing the first draft, I work for as long as it takes (for two or three weeks, most often) to rework that first draft… — Kent Haruf
And the reason you hate writing so much is because you start analyzing your work before you're done pouring it onto the page. Your Left-brain… — Jeff Bollow
Creativity is a habit, and the best creativity is a result of good work habits. That's it in a nutshell ... In order to be… — Twyla Tharp
You can never be an artist if your work comes without effort. That is the problem with modernink from a bottle. You do not have… — Amy Tan
Only bad writers think that their work is really good. — Anne Enright
Reread, rewrite, reread, rewrite. If it still doesn't work, throw it away. It's a nice feeling, and you don't want to be cluttered with the… — Helen Dunmore
If you like to tell stories and compose sentences, and if you work hard at being good at these things, then you are a writer… — Trenton Lee Stewart
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
Writers learn their craft, above all, from the work of other writers. From reading. — Unknown Author
Often when I write I am trying to make words do the work of line and color. I have the painter's sensitivity to light. Much… — Elizabeth Bowen
You will have to write and put away or burn a lot of material before you are comfortable in this medium. You might as well… — Ray Bradbury
The only test of work of literature is that it shall please other ages than its own. — Gerald Brenan
I have made three rules of writing for myself that are absolutes: Never take advice. Never show or discuss work in progress. Never answer a… — Raymond Chandler
I refuse to write the same story twice. I keep experimenting. I keep learning how to work. I've been at it pretty much 50 years,… — Harlan Ellison
Unfortunately many young writers are more concerned with fame than with their own work... It's much more important to write than to be written about. — Gabriel Garcia Marquez
When I am working on a book or a story I write every morning as soon after first light as possible. There is no one… — Ernest Hemingway
The parody is the last refuge of the frustrated writer. Parodies are what you write when you are associate editor of the Harvard Lampoon. The… — Ernest Hemingway

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