Language Quote by Ehsan Sehgal

“Quite often, too, a writer who has for a time been believed to possess a great store of ordinarily profound ideas, and who is…

— Fyodor Dostoyevsky

“...a writer has the duty to be good, not lousy; true, not false; lively, not dull; accurate, not full of error. He should tend…

— E. B. White

“But in those whom no necessity forces to turn Author, who merely write for fame, and have full leisure to polish their compositions, faults…

— Matthew Lewis

“Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.”

— Jules Renard 1890

“To put an arrogant 'famous' writer in his place: pretend to be illiterate.”

— Mokokoma Mokhonoana

“Have you ever known a person who was highly intelligent, yet their lack of character destroyed your impression of them? Even though they may…

— Susan C. Young

“Great writing requires great doubt and great self-confidence. One without the other inspires mediocrity.”

— Chloe Thurlow

“Talent only gives an imperfect image--the broken glimmer of a countenance. But the features of Genius remain unruffled.”

— Robert eldridg

“He wishes he were a skilled poet, it would fit his chosen image perfectly; the poor, tragic, tortured artiste. But he has no talent…

— Curtis Ackie

“Every day I must prove to myself I am a writer. The knowledge goes away in my sleep. What I wrote yesterday was paltry,…

— Bonnie Friedman

“His talent sprang from his unrivaled independence of mind and ability to focus on his work and shut out the world, yet those same…

— Roger Lowenstein

“That is a very poor career, but only a poor career give the world the light that an imperfect, but pretty good writer wants…

— Franz Kafka