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633 quotes by 519 authors

The satirist who writes nothing but satire should write but little - or it will seem that his satire springs rather from his own caustic… — Anthony Trollope
Sin writes histories, goodness is silent. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
We mythologists know very well that myths and legends contain borrowings, moral lessons, nature cycles, and a hundred other distorting influences, and we labor to… — Isaac Asimov
I'm always just surprised when someone writes something about me. — Lana Del Rey
No, Iâ€™m not one (of those) people who votes for something then writes to the government to ask them to send us money. I did… — Paul Ryan
A work of art is something produced by a person, but is not that person â€” it is of her, but is not her. Itâ€™s… — George Saunders
The moving finger writes; and having writ, moves on. — Omar Khayyam
No one writes better historical fiction than Steven Pressfield. The Afghan War that was waged by Alexander the Great 2000 years ago is eerily similar… — Vince Flynn
I am a professor who writes novels on Sundays — Umberto Eco
Oswald Chambers writes, â€˜Never make a principle out of your experience; let God be as original with other people as He is with you.â€™Â To… — Francis Chan
A woman who writes feels too much. — Anne Sexton
Everybody writes a book too many. — Mordecai
My brother plays guitar and base and writes. His name is Chase Ryan. — Debby Ryan
The High Divide, a novel about a family in peril, is haunting and tense but leavened by considerable warmth and humanity. Lin Enger writes with… — Benjamin Percy
In history, one gathers clues like a detective, tries to present an honest account of what most likely happened, and writes a narrative according to… — Victor Davis Hanson
Contrary to all those times you've heard a writer confess at a reading that he writes fiction because he is a pathological liar, fiction writing… — Paul Harding
It is safer to quote what is written than what is spoken. What a man writes it is fair to presume he believes as a… — Christian Nestell Bovee
There is a sort of man who pays no attention to his good actions, but is tormented by his bad ones. This is the type… — W. Somerset Maugham
I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a… — Joyce Maynard
Rohini Mohan read. While she did, I sketched her. She writes with such beauty and violence, and it seemed like the best way to listen… — Molly Crabapple

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