Writes Quotes

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Everything I have written up to now is trifling compared to that which I would like to write and would write with great pleasureEither I… — Anton Chekhov
A man who writes for a living does not have to go anywhere in particular, and he could rarely afford to if he wanted. — C S Forester
Every writer, to some extent, writes about himself. — Dario Argento
One writes a poem when one is so taken up by an emotional concept that one is unable to remain silent. — Stephen Dobyns
He who writes poetry is not a poet. He whose poetry has become his life, and who has made his life his poetry - it… — Subramanya Bharathi
David Shire and I have been happily married for 21 years! We have a 12-year-old son. David is a genius. He writes the most magnificent… — Didi
I don't think of myself as a critic or teacher either, but simply - and at the obvious risk of disingenuousness - as someone who… — Richard Gilman
If they keep exposing you to education, you might even realize some day that man becomes immortal only in what he writes on paper, or… — Robert Ruark
Modern literary theory sees a similarity between walking and writing that I find persuasive: words inscribe a text in the same way that a walk… — Geoff Nicholson
Money talks. And writes. And publishes. And reviews. But it can't read. — Jack Woodford
A lawyer is a person who writes a 10,000-word document and calls it a "brief." — Franz Kafka
An author is somebody who writes a story. It doesn't matter if you're a kid or if you're a grown-up, it doesn't matter if the… — Jarrett J. Krosoczka
A scientist with a poet's command of language, Cristina Eisenberg writes with precision and passion . . . takes her reader on a breathtaking, sometimes… — Elizabeth Cunningham
The Dream Lover is a historical novel at once expansively researched yet intimately imagined. George Sand may be the ultimate Berg heroine. 'A life not… — Leah Hager Cohen
A compelling and important story of First Word War Scotland, a time when women redefined the word hope as the world was losing its innocence.… — Ami McKay
This point isâ€….â€….â€….â€…crucial,â€Â writes Dweck. â€œIn the fixed mindset, everything is about the outcome. If you fail â€” or if youâ€™re not the best â€”… — Carol S. Dweck
When a psychiatrist writes a bestseller, he is then urged to write a book of advice. But I think our culture's awash in advice. The… — Peter D. Kramer
A writer writes what he knows, in ways that are natural to him. — Mo Yan
And I like the way Cain writes his women. Very strong. They're kind of lusty, they know what they want, they're full of conviction. Cain's… — Pia Zadora
It should cause no surprise that anyone so lazy as myself should be economical to the point of miserliness with everything he writes. — Leslie Charteris

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