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Writing Quotes by Margaret Atwood
- A word after a word after a word is power.
- There is good and mediocre writing within every genre.
- A ratio of failures is built into the process of writing. The wastebasket has evolved for a reason.
- If I waited for perfection... I would never write a word.
- Some of our earliest writing, in cuneiform, was about who owes what.
- Reading and writing, like everything else, improve with practice. And, of course, if there are no young readers and writers, there will shortly be no…
- If you're waiting for the perfect moment, you'll never write a thing because it will never arrive. I have no routine. I have no foolproof…
- I began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when I didn't write.…
- I spent much of my childhood in northern Quebec, and often there was no radio, no television - there wasn't a lot to entertain us.…
- The object is very clear in the fight against racism; you have reasons why you're opposed to it. But when you're writing a novel, you…
- I think the book you always like best is the one you're about to write.
- Writing is very improvisational. It's like trying to fix a broken sewing machine with safety pins and rubber bands. A lot of tinkering.
- I have long since decided if you wait for the perfect time to write, you'll never write. There is no time that isn't flawed somehow.
- Make the verses flow together. If a following verse has nothing to do with the previous, you may lose our listener/reader. You want a smooth…
- Don't wait until you're 'in the mood.' Get into the mood by writing.
- Write down the thoughts and even more, write down a specific line. If you don't, it'll fly away forever.
- You might 'write from the heart,' but you'd better polish with your brain.
- The reader cannot see into your heart. He will know only what you tell him. Make the blind see your words. Make the hard-hearted feel.…
- Don't be married to a line or verse if it can't rhyme, fit the meter, or doesn't fit the outline.
- Things musicals taught me: All your problems will go away if you sing about it.
- It's a feature of our age that if you write a work of fiction, everyone assumes that the people and events in it are disguised…
- I never have [suffered writer’s block], although I’ve had books that didn’t work out. I had to stop writing them. I just abandoned them. It…
- You always think, 'Oh, if only I had a little chalet in the mountains! How great that would be and I'd do all this writing'…
- Do back exercises. Pain is distracting.
- The only way you can write the truth is to assume that what you set down will never be read.
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