Character Quote by Ralph Keyes Download Open image ““writing about something was not the moral equivalent of doing it,”” — Ralph Keyes ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Character Writing
Nothing I write ever has a moral. If it seems to a reader that there is one, that is unintentional. — Louise Erdrich Copy Share Image
Only that type of story deserves to be called moral that shows us that one has the power within oneself to act, out of… — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“As you never tire of stating, the only moral imperative for the writer, against which there is no recourse, is to return to the… — Juan Goytisolo Copy Share Image
“There is only one kind of immorality in fiction, and that is when you write badly.” — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
“Good writers don’t moralize, nor do they preach, but they do create longing for the true and the beautiful.” — Douglas Bond Copy Share Image
“The moral I draw is that the writer should seek his reward in the pleasure of his work and in release from the burden… — W. Somerset Maugham Copy Share Image
“There is no such thing as a moral or immoral book. Books are well written, or badly written. That is all.” — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“I can't accept that a work of fiction should be either immoral or moral. It should merely show the world as it is and… — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
A story with a moral appended is like the bill of a mosquito. It bores you, and then injects a stinging drop to irritate… — O. Henry Copy Share Image
“If you are in difficulties with a book,” suggested H. G. Wells, “try the element of surprise: attack it at an hour when it… — Ralph Keyes Copy Share Image
“Find tricks to keep yourself going,” William Least Heat Moon once advised a group of aspiring writers. “Anything you can do to trick yourself… — Ralph Keyes Copy Share Image
“Henrik Ibsen hung a picture of August Strindberg over his desk. “He is my mortal enemy and shall hang there and watch while I… — Ralph Keyes Copy Share Image
Anxiety is not only an inevitable part of the writing process but a necessary part. If you’re not scared, you’re not writing. — Ralph Keyes Copy Share Image
Willa Cather said that she write best when she stopped trying to write and began simply to remember. — Ralph Keyes Copy Share Image
Serious writers write, inspired or not. Over time they discover that routine is a better friend than inspiration. — Ralph Keyes Copy Share Image
One thing I like about writing is that it provides such a wonderful opportunity for confidential chats with readers. In the privacy of writing,… — Ralph Keyes Copy Share Image
“One thing that separates would-be writers from working writers is that the latter know their work will never match their dreams.” — Ralph Keyes Copy Share Image
Be as creative in your tactics as you are in your writing. Find what gets your engine going, no matter how peculiar it may… — Ralph Keyes Copy Share Image
Fear is felt by writers at every level. Anxiety accompanies the first word they put on paper and the last. — Ralph Keyes Copy Share Image
“...fear and courage are like lightning and thunder; they both sart out at the same time, but the fear travels faster and arrives sooner.… — Ralph Keyes Copy Share Image
Social responsibility above the level of family, or at most of tribe, requires imagination-- devotion, loyalty, all the higher virtues -- which a man… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
Reader, if you are gifted with nerves like mine, aspire to any character but that of a wit. — Charles Lamb Copy Share Image
I'm often moved by the circumstances around some of my characters, but I don't think I've actually cried watching myself. — Kate Winslet Copy Share Image
When you're on a daytime drama you get one page, you better damn well know your character. You better know what she would do… — David Hudgins Copy Share Image
It can sometimes make people fold into themselves and kind of run away, but I think in this case these characters are being forced… — Emily Deschanel Copy Share Image
If you are well-mannered towards those whose views are similar to yours, you may be said to exhibit a fairly good character. But, if… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Democracy is based on the conviction that man has the moral and intellectual capacity, as well as the inalienable right, to govern himself with… — Harry S. Truman Copy Share Image
In the fight between biology and morality, biology has commonly won in the end. — Semir Zeki Copy Share Image
Your looks don't make you pretty, it's the person inside who makes you pretty! — Aaron Chan Copy Share Image
I'm not a huge social media kind of guy, so I don't really know, I don't really ever get... at least in real life,… — Freddie Stroma Copy Share Image
If you stood me in a costume next to a computer graphic of the same-looking character, I think there would be a difference. And… — Warwick Davis Copy Share Image
