Writing Quote by CB Smith Download Open image ““Writing is like a raft with a slow leak; sometimes it floats, sometimes it doesn't.”” — CB Smith ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Writing
“Writing is like trying to escape quicksand. The harder you try the faster you sink.” — Alane Adams Copy Share Image
“All good writing is like swimming underwater and holding your breath.” — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“Writing is like breathing underwater. It's really hard to do unless you can imagine yourself a nice set of gills.” — Alane Adams Copy Share Image
“A writer should read until he is filled to the brim and like a pitcher which is over-filled over flows. And then he should… — Charles Nodier Copy Share Image
“Writing can be a splendid headache. Fun when words spill forth like a raging river and a catastrophic, hair-pulling experience when they won't.” — Adam Santo Copy Share Image
“I want my writing to be as clear as water I can see through so that what I experienced is told without my being… — John Cage Copy Share Image
“Writing is like going underwater - thank you for being there when I come back up.” — Ali Shaw Copy Share Image
“I want my writing to be as smooth as drinking a glass of water—pool water, with piss in it.” — Jarod Kintz Copy Share Image
“The problem with writing, is that it doesn't leave you time to read. ” — Corey Salter Copy Share Image
“So I write mainly for the fun of it, the hell of it, the duty of it. I enjoy writing and will probly be… — Edward Abbey Copy Share Image
“I've discovered that sometimes writing badly can eventually lead to something better. Not writing at all leads to nothing.” — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
When I passed the Chancellor he arose, waved his hand at me, and I waved back at him. I think the writers showed bad… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on the environment,… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
Histories never conclude; they just pause their prose. Their stories are, if they are truthful, untidy affairs, resistant to windings-up and sortings-out. They beat… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Forcing modern speakers of English to not - whoops, not to split an infinitive because it isn't done in Latin makes about as much… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
I would drink gallons of coffee a day. Even now, off caffeine, I talk faster than anyone you've ever met. I finally recognized that… — Nathan Englander Copy Share Image
Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a… — Janice Kaplan Copy Share Image
Regardless of the criticisms I receive from the left, the right and the middle, I think it's important to maintain a prolific writing jab,… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
