Write One Quotes

87 quotes by 75 authors

I never thought I'd be a writer. I never thought I'd be able to read a book, let alone write one. So if books like… — Don Novello
The short story, I should point out, is perforce a labor of love in today's literary world; there's precious little economic incentive to write one... — Lawrence Block
As a rule, anyone who can tell a good story can write one, so there really need be no mistake about his qualification; such a… — James Payn
Writing a book is a tremendous experience. It pays off intellectually. It clarifies your thinking. It builds credibility. It is a living engine of marketing… — Seth Godin
A student can win twelve letters at a university without learning how to write one. — Robert M. Hutchins
Bach is the supreme genius of music... This man, who knows everything and feels everything, cannot write one note, however unimportant it may appear, which… — Pablo Casals
In these letters which I write, in the testimonies I bear, I am presenting to you that which the Lord has presented to me. I… — Ellen G. White
When one wants to write, one writes. If one is condemned to write, one writes. — Julio Cortazar
I do feel that if you can write one good sentence and then another good sentence and then another, you end up with a good… — Amy Hempel
Words are substance strange. Speak one and the air ripples into another's ears. Write one and the eye laps it up. But the sense transmutes,… — Dan Beachy-Quick
It's not the length but the quality of life that matters to me. It has always been important to me to write one sentence at… — Jane Rule
I was a new writer and I was supposed to write all the time, wasn't I? I had not yet discovered that there are times… — Stanley Crawford
You may abuse a tragedy, though you cannot write one. You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though you cannot… — Samuel Johnson
I caution writers all the time to slow down and pay more attention to the work in front of them than to the end result.… — Sue Grafton
When something feels really big, too big to handle, just go very small. Just go real small, just look at the person next to you… — Amy Poehler
I have no plans for a future Jemima Shore mystery, but would write one tomorrow if a good idea came to me. — Antonia Fraser
I am trying to get the hang of this new fangled writing machine, but I am not making a shining success of it. However, this… — Mark Twain
I only want to write one thing over the doorpost to my heart and life: â€œJesus Christ lives here. — Leonard Sweet
If you have one strong idea, you can't help repeating it and embroidering it. Sometimes I think that authors should write one novel and then… — John P. Marquand
Well, you just know, as a writer, I didn't really write one of the five best screenplays of the year. There were lots of brilliant… — Patrick Marber

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