Writing Quotes

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Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing. — Paul Auster
I started out in life as a poet; I was only writing poetry all through my 20s. It wasn't until I was about 30 that… — Paul Auster
I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then I type it… — Paul Auster
When we were making the law, when we were writing the literature and the mathematics the grandfarthers of Blair and little Bush were scratching around… — Mohammed Saeed al-Sahaf
A professional writer is an amateur who didn't quit. — Richard Bach
In every song I write, whether it's a love song or a political song or a song about family, the one thing that I find… — Billie Joe Armstrong
I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
Writing comes more easily if you have something to say. — Sholem Asch
Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core of science fiction,… — Isaac Asimov
If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster. — Isaac Asimov
Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not. — Isaac Asimov
Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. — Isaac Asimov
I write for the same reason I breathe - because if I didn't, I would die. — Isaac Asimov
From my close observation of writers... they fall into two groups: 1) those who bleed copiously and visibly at any bad review, and 2) those… — Isaac Asimov
As we have seen, WikiLeaks is a robust organization. During my time in solitary confinement in the basement of a Victorian prison, we continue to… — Julian Assange
Because I write fiction, I don't write autobiography, and to me they are very different things. The first-person narrative is a very intimate thing, but… — Kate Atkinson
People create stories create people; or rather stories create people create stories. — Chinua Achebe
A word after a word after a word is power. — Margaret Atwood
There is good and mediocre writing within every genre. — Margaret Atwood

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