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Writing Quotes by Betty Smith
- Francie was ten years old when she first found an outlet in writing. What she wrote was of little consequence. What was important was that…
- Yes, when I get big and have my own home, no plush chairs and lace curtains for me. And no rubber plants. I'll have a…
- Mother, I am young. Mother, I am just eighteen. I am strong. I will work hard, Mother. But I do not want this child to…
- In the future, when something comes up, you tell exactly how it happened but write down for yourself the way you think it should have…
- It doesn't take long to write things of which you know nothing. When you write of actual things, it takes longer, because you have to…
More Writing Quotes
- 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… — 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… — Paul Auster
- When we were making the law, when we were writing the literature and the mathematics the grandfarthers of Blair and little Bush… — 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… — 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… — 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