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Writing Quotes by Fran Lebowitz
- In conversation you can use timing, a look, an inflection. But on the page all you have is commas, dashes, the amount of syllables in…
- Screenwriting is not an artform, it is a punishment from God.
- Contrary to what many of you may imagine, a career in letters is not without its drawbacks - chief among them the unpleasant fact that…
- If you feel the urge to write, just lie down and read a book: it will pass.
- You should make it hard on yourself to write so you’re easier to read.
- I hate writing. I will do anything to avoid it. The only way I could write less was if I was dead.
- Very few people possess true artistic ability. It is therefore both unseemly and unproductive to irritate the situation by making an effort. If you have…
- Your life story would not make a good book. Don't even try.
- Having been unpopular in high school is not just cause for book publications.
- The best fame is a writer's fame. It's enough to get a table at a good restaurant, but not enough to get you interrupted when…
- All the time I'm not writing I feel like a criminal. It's horrible to feel felonious every second of the day. It's much more relaxing…
- It's much easier to write a solemn book than a funny book. It's harder to make people laugh than it is to make them cry.…
- I write so slowly, I could write with my own blood and not hurt myself.
- When Toni Morrison said 'write the book you want to read,' she didn't mean everybody.
More Writing Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when… — Margaret Atwood
- 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 grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
- I write from my soul. This is the reason that critics don't hurt me, because it is me. If it was not… — Paulo Coelho
- Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing. — Paul Auster
- 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
- Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today - but the core… — Isaac Asimov