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Writing Quotes by Jonathan Carroll
- I read less of everything now. With only fond memories of others' work, it will be interesting to give my own journal writing a try…
- I write about what interests me. It's very dangerous when you try to satisfy an audience.
- I find you write with one person in mind. Usually for me that one person is my wife, because she's my most severe critic and…
- Writing a short story is like having a short intense affair, whereas writing a novel is like a long rich marriage.
- If I don't feel like writing today or for a few days, I don't. And I don't think about it. It is not an obligation-it…
- Just write about what bites you and damn the rest.
- A short story is a sprint, a novel is a marathon. Sprinters have seconds to get from here to there and then they are finished.…
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