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Writing Quotes by Sherwood Anderson
- I have seldom written a story, long or short, that I did not have to write and rewrite. There are single stories of mine that…
- When a man publishes a book, there are so many stupid things said that he declares he'll never do it again. The praise is almost…
- I feel that I am writing out of a full life. I am a rich man, rich in men known, in adventures had. I am…
- If I can write everything out plainly, perhaps I will myself understand better what has happened.
- The writing of words can lead to all sorts of absurdities.
- The fools who write articles about me think that one morning I suddenly decided to write and began to produce masterpieces. There is no special…
- I am constantly amazed at how little painters know about painting, writers about writing, merchants about business, manufacturers about manufacturing. Most men just drift.
- From the place by the railing at the edge of the tracks on the summer evening I return across the city to my own room.…
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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