On-writing Quote by Dennis R. Miller Download Open image ““Another drink, another sentence, and the writing continues on. . . .”” — Dennis R. Miller ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.3 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare On-writing Writers-quotes Writing Writing life
“There's no point in writing my kind of stuff, when they're printing that kind of stuff. So I gave up and started drinking.” — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“Have a drink, and try to relax. All right, have another drink. There are times when getting drunk's not a bad idea.” — John Christopher Copy Share Image
“And yes, the Hemingways, the Fitzgeralds, the Faulkners and the Capotes. Drank while writing. Drink next to the typewriter. But the longer I lived… — Jeanne Darst Copy Share Image
“I have written less than most writers. But I have drunk far more than most drinkers.” — Guy Debord Copy Share Image
“Plus, we are waiting until we can drink legally before we add in another.” — Toni Aleo Copy Share Image
“She discovered what most writers insist is true nowadays, which is that they can only write for three hours a day at the most,… — Eve Babitz Copy Share Image
“Oh I can't stop drinking the coffee, I stop drinking the coffee and I stop doing the standing and the walking and the words-putting-into-sentence-doing.” — Lorelai Copy Share Image
“I have been drunk just twice in my life, and the second time was that afternoon…” — F. Scott Fitzgerald Copy Share Image
“I don’t care that it has been going on since the Old Testament. Rape is wrong and I will keep fighting violent men. Everything… — Dennis R. Miller Copy Share Image
“When I'm writing, really writing, everything but breathing is an ignorable distraction.” — Dennis R. Miller Copy Share Image
“For some offenses, there is only retribution." Nora Hawks, "One Woman's Vengeance.” — Dennis R. Miller Copy Share Image
“Storytelling? God started that. Discovery. Lust. Murder. Revenge. Power. Sin. Redemption. Forgiveness. Miracles. We simply retell the stories in the language of our generation.” — Dennis R. Miller Copy Share Image
“Writing is easy. Writing is hard. It's a breeze and a struggle, just like life.” — Dennis R. Miller Copy Share Image
“Do you really think that laws made by men and a justice system maintained by men will ever be fair in cases of rape?… — Dennis R. Miller Copy Share Image
“For me, all writing -- storytelling and style -- gets back to the Bible, Twain and Hemingway, and not in that order.” — Dennis R. Miller Copy Share Image
“On Writing About Nora Hawks I write about a female character to try, in vain, to understand two things: the purpose of life, and… — Dennis R. Miller Copy Share Image
“What fascinates me about writing is wrestling thought into reality and creating a new world that is forever.” — Dennis R. Miller Copy Share Image
“A novel rough draft is like bread dough; you need to beat the crap out of it for it to rise.” — Chris Baty Copy Share Image
“The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof, shit detector.” — Hemingway, Ernest Copy Share Image
“Stories. Character. Dialouge. Entire worlds created on the page. Worlds that could sweep you away or frighten you, make you laugh or cry. Worlds… — Jamie Michaels Copy Share Image
“I have found that a writer is formed not so much by their experiences but by the way in which they view and capture… — H Raven Rose Copy Share Image
“In the deepest hour of the night, confess to yourself that you would die if you were forbidden to write. And look deep into… — Rainer Maria Rilke Copy Share Image
“My writing, it’s my way of making sense of everything. My way to feel whole. May I never be complete and may I never… — Charlotte Eriksson Copy Share Image
“You have to read widely, constantly refining (and redefining) your own work as you do so. It’s hard for me to believe that people… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“Fiction should be in its way subversive. I don't think books should be neat or gentle or genteel or comforting. I think they should… — Edna O'Brien Copy Share Image
