You Write Quotes

619 quotes by 498 authors

Debugging is twice as hard as writing the code in the first place. Therefore, if you write the code as cleverly as possible, you are,… — Brian Kernighan
Oh writer! An Angel watches over all you write. Make your writing meaningful for it will eventually return to you and you will be questioned… — Ali ibn Abi Talib
What I am saying, I suppose, is that you write as if everyone is dead. Then you face the music. I don't know any other… — Lynn Freed
The more you write, the better you will get. — Michael Hyatt
What I love about the thriller form is that it makes you write a story. You can't get lost in your own genius, which is… — Harlan Coben
I would show my jobs to my mother, and she would always say the same thing: "That's nice dear". And then she would say: "Did… — Brian Webb
'Write what you know' works, but it's limiting. Write what fascinates you. Write what you can't stop thinking about. — Brian Koppelman
But the reality is when you write a song, you should be able to strip away all the instruments and just have a song right… — Dweezil Zappa
What could you do better for your children and your children's children than to record the story of your life, your triumphs over adversity, your… — Spencer W. Kimball
When you write the story of two happy lovers, let the story be set on the banks of Lake Como. — Franz Liszt
I was the first records editor at Rolling Stone, and there were no rules. There was nothing to fall back on as to how do… — Greil Marcus
People are always coming up to me with my books and saying, 'You write these things I think but I could never say,' — Jennifer Weiner
I tell my students that when you write, you should pretend youâ€™re writing the best letter you ever wrote to the smartest friend you have.… — Jeffrey Eugenides
The only way to write a book, Iâ€™m fond of telling people, is to actually write a book. Thatâ€™s how you write a book. — Anne Enright
There is only one thing that you write for yourself, and that is a shopping list. — Umberto Eco
I was married at the time when I first joined the band and my wife said: 'Why don't you write a song about me ?'… — Bon Scott
For first you write a sentence, And then you chop it small; Then mix the bits and sort them out Just as they chance to… — Lewis Carroll
You write something and thereâ€™s no reality to it. You canâ€™t inject it with any kind of reality. You have to be patient and keep… — Deborah Eisenberg
Your obligation as writers is to distinguish yourself. â€¦ The ultimate result should be a book that you write that no one else could have… — David Morrell
Experience is the only real teacher and if you keep a diary you get three bites at educating yourself - when it happens, when you… — Tony Benn

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