Writes Quotes

633 quotes by 541 authors

Summer, as my friend Coleridge waggishly writes, has set in with its usual severity. — Charles Lamb
A young man fills out an application for a job and does well until he gets to the last question, "Who Should we notify in… — Milton Berle
Remember this always: The living of your own life writes the book of your most sacred truth, and offers evidence of it. — Neale Donald Walsch
Characters aren't a fling. They aren't a one-night stand. Getting to know them takes time and hard work. It takes excessive free writes and multiple… — Margaret Foley
Now if I believe in God's Son and remember that He became man, all creatures will appear a hundred times more beautiful to me than… — Martin Luther
Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we are not the… — Barack Obama
The most durable thing in writing is style, and style is the most valuable investment a writer can make with his time. It pays off… — Raymond Chandler
No one can write a best seller by trying to. He must write with complete sincerity; the clichÃ©s that make you laugh, the hackneyed characters,… — W. Somerset Maugham
Writing a first draft is like groping one's way into a dark room, or overhearing a faint conversation, or telling a joke whose punchline you've… — Ted Solotaroff
That's one thing I like about Hollywood. The writer is there revealed in his ultimate corruption. He asks no praise, because his praise comes to… — Raymond Chandler
The script changed so much over seven months and just had loads and loads of re-writes. I tried to tailor things to what I was… — Robert Pattinson
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
For after all, what is there behind, except money? Money for the right kind of education, money for influential friends, money for leisure and peace… — George Orwell
He writes nothing whose writings are not read. — Martial
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
One writes to teach, to move or to delight. — Rodolphus Agricola
As against having beautiful workshops, studies, etc., one writes best in a cellar on a rainy day. — Van Wyck Brooks
No one put a gun to your head and ordered you to become a writer. One writes out of his own choice and must be… — Stanley Ellin
One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time, in others' minds. — Alfred Kazin
The best, most natural dialogue is usually written as if the writer is listening to dictation. You might get stuck on any particular point and… — Ayn Rand

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