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Writing Quotes by Poppy Z. Brite
- I certainly wanted to write a book that was honest about New Orleans without explaining it to death, so much so that the first draft…
- I'd much rather do an obviously commercial writing project than get a day job.
- If you're a freelance writer and aren't used to being ignored, neglected, and generally given short shrift, you must not have been in the business…
- I don't think it is possible to give tips for finding one's voice; it's one of those things for which there aren't really any tricks…
- Young writers shouldn't be afraid of striving to emulate their favorites. It's a good way to learn, as long as you move on from it…
- If you find yourself imitating another writer, that doesn't have to be a bad thing, especially if you are a young or a new writer.…
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