Writing Quote by Douglas E. Richards

“The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all thy Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,…

— Omar Khayyám

“The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on: nor all thy piety nor wit shall lure it back to cancel half a line, nor all thy tears…

— Omar Khayyam

The Moving Finger writes; and, having writ, Moves on: nor all your Piety nor Wit Shall lure it back to cancel half a Line,…

— Anonymous

The moving finger writes; and having writ, moves on.

— Omar Khayyam

“Writing stays. It fastens words down. A man can speak his mind and some nasty wee scuggan will write it down and who knows…

— Terry Pratchett

“My letters! all dead paper, mute and white! And yet they seem alive and quivering Against my tremulous hands which loose the string And…

— Elizabeth Barrett Browning

“In the act of writing he experiences, today, an exceptional sensual pleasure -- in the feel of the pen, snug in the crook of…

— J.M. Coetzee

“writing is perilous, as you can’t always guarantee your words will be read in the spirit in which they were written.”

— Jojo Moyes

“The Throes of Poetry - Hymns formed from groans of acquaintance, its rhythm weaving between tranquility, compassions, and peril - like bare feet stomping…

— Traci Lea LaRussa

“The pen between my fingers is sensuous, alive almost, I can feel its power, the power of the words it contains.”

— Margaret Atwood

“And then one day he realised that of course he was always staring at his hand when he wrote, was always watching the pen…

— B.P. Nichol

“Biting my truant pen, beating myself for spite: "Fool!" said my muse to me, "look in thy heart, and write.”

— Philip Sidney