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Writing Quotes by Rebecca Solnit
- Every woman who appears wrestles with the forces that would have her disappear. She struggles with the forces that would tell her story for her,…
- There are infinite shades of grey. Writing often appears so black and white.
- In her novel Regeneration, Pat Barker writes of a doctor who 'knew only too well how often the early stages of change or cure may…
- Language is like a road, it cannot be perceived all at once because it unfolds in time, whether heard or read. This narrative or temporal…
- You write your books. You scatter your seeds. Rats might eat them, or they might rot. In California, some seeds lie dormant for decades because…
- Writing is saying to no one and to everyone the things it is not possible to say to someone.
More Writing Quotes
- Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
- I grew up in a working-class family, so I guess you could say I write from what I know. — Andrea Arnold
- 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 began writing at the age of 5, but there was a dark period between the ages of 8 and 16 when… — Margaret Atwood
- 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
- All through my writing life, I've had this impulse to write autobiographical works. — Paul Auster
- Be careful that what you write does not offend anybody or cause problems within the company. The safest approach is to remove… — Scott Adams
- Writing makes you feel that there is a reason to go on living. If I couldn't write, I would stop breathing. — Paul Auster