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Writing Quotes by Harper Lee
- Writing is a process of self-discipline you must learn before you can call yourself a writer. There are people who write, but I think they're…
- Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself.
- Writing is simply something you must do. It's rather like virtue in that it is its own reward.
- Characters make their own plot. The dimensions of the characters determine the action of the novel.
- To be a serious writer requires discipline that is iron fisted. It's sitting down and doing it whether you think you have it in you…
- I like to write. Sometimes I'm afraid that I like it too much because when I get into work I don't want to leave it.…
- You know, many writers really don't like to write. I think this the chief complaint of so many. They hate to write; they do it…
- Naturally, you don't sit down in "white hot inspiration" and write with a burning flame in front of you. But since I knew I could…
- Any writer worth his salt writes to please himself...It's a self-exploratory operation that is endless. An exorcism of not necessarily his demon, but of his…
- We said good-bye, and Dill went inside the house. He evidently remembered he was engaged to me, for he ran back out and kissed me…
- About your writing with you left hand, are you ambidextrous, Mr. Ewell?" "I most positively am not, I can use one hand good as the…
- I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.
More Writing Quotes
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- Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing. — Paul Auster
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- 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
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- 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