Writing Quote by James Willis Westlake

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

— Edward Abbey

“The author must write what he has to say, not speak it.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“Some things need to be said. And sometimes they require strong words.”

— Jessi Kirby

“Some things don't need to be said. Some things need to be said. There I said it.”

— Jayce O'Neal

“If something must be said, it will say itself. The writer's task is to listen.”

— Dalia Sofer

“The writer must write what he has to say, not speak it.”

— Ernest Hemingway

“Sometimes it's impossible to say certain things ... Writing is something needed by man to share experience.”

— Arnost Lustig

“if two people think and say the same thing about everything, then one of them is not necessary.”

— Ben Carson

“Any one may mouth out a passage with theatrical cadence or get upon stilts to tell his thoughts. But to write or speak with…

— William Hazlitt

“Speech is like an arrow; it is necessary to aim it by way of reflection before uttering anything.”

— Burhan al-Din Al-Zarnuji

“The one thing necessary in life, as in art is to tell the truth.”

— Leo Tolstoy

“... what we say or do is unimportant; it is merely semblance, beyond which our real life lies concealed... We know this better than…

— Hermann Bahr