Has beens Quote by Delmore Schwartz

Major writing is to say what has been seen, so that it need never be said again.

— Delmore Schwartz

“This writing doesn't affect reality any more than any writing does; that is to say, indirectly, but considerably.”

— Ursula K. Le Guin

“Written language may have been conceived as a modest way of describing reality, bit it gradually became a powerful way to reshape reality.”

— Yuval Noah Harari

“To write is not just seeing the world through a kaleidoscope of possibilities, but a means to shift the tides of color that exist…

— H.S. Crow

“Writing is one-third imagination, one-third experience, and one third observation.”

— William Faulkner

“Writing allows us to row the mind into new, unanticipated directions, change our stream of consciousness, and alter our very being.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

Writing is seeing. It is paying attention.

— Kate DiCamillo

“In the real world, writing is not artificially separated into specific discourses. It is blended for effect.”

— Kelly Gallagher

“Language gives a fuller image, which is all the better for beings vague. After all, the true seeing is within”

— George Eliot

A lot of writing is a form of seeing - putting down what you see in terms of action and landscape.

— Jonathan Ames

“Writing is an act of discovery in which you peel back the layers of the story as you write it down.”

— Matt Forbeck

“The written word is assumed to have been reflected upon and revised by its author,”

— Neil Postman