Authorship Quote by Horace

Nobody told all the new e-mail writers that the essence of writing is rewriting. Just because they are writing with ease and enjoyment doesn't…

— William Zinsser

“And as for writing my poetry, he claimed the toil of it was too much strain. Toil? Writing is my life. It is not…

— Nancy Moser

I never think about poetry except when I'm writing it. I mean my poetry.

— Norman MacCaig

Why would u waste your time writing something mean or stupid if ur gunna put

— Ayden

The hardest thing writers have to do is figure out for themselves who they are. What should they be writing about? What stories should…

— Blake Crouch

“Of writing well, be sure, the secret lies In wisdom :therefore study to be wise.”

— Horace

Of writing well the source and fountainhead is wise thinking.

— Horace

So, then, what is style? There are two chief aspects of any piece of writing: 1) what you say and 2) how you say…

— Isaac Asimov

“The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way or a new thing in an old way.”

— Richard Harding Davis

“Because it is idiotic. Writing when there's nothing to say...”

— Aldous Huxley

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

— Delmore Schwartz

As an actor, we always want people to write about us and talk about us. And when they are actually writing, then we say,…

— Ranbir Kapoor

There are millions of ways to not be writing. You say you're not in the mood, you'll pick it up tomorrow.

— Rod Serling

Sometimes I'll be writing something, and I say to myself, 'Okay, that's definitely DTB,' or, 'It's definitely Strapping.'

— Devin Townsend

“What is the essence of the art of writing? Part One: Have something to say. Part Two: Say it well.”

— Edward Abbey