Chipping away Quote by Stanley Elkin

I believe that any form of writing exercise is good for you. I also believe that any form of tuition which helps develop your…

— David Crystal

“Remember to write continuously the entire twenty minutes. And never forget that this writing is for you and you alone. At the conclusion of…

— James W. Pennebaker

Writing is not an exercise in excision, it's a journey into sound.

— E. B. White

You have to have passion for a subject to write about it. You can't expect your readers to feel any excitement if it's nothing…

— Leonard Mlodinow

There's a certain pressure you put on yourself to use the comics page to full advantage that can focus your mind to a pinpoint,…

— James Vance

I think of writing as a sculptural medium. You are not building things. You are removing things, chipping away at language to reveal a…

— Will Self

Oh, God. God, isn't that perfect? He's Dad. He's Dad with a layer of nerd. Solid, steady, chipping away so patiently, you don't even…

— Nora Roberts

Look, you do everything in stages, right? I don't think everything happens at once. There are so many layers we are constantly chipping away…

— Eve Ensler

People who are great thinkers, in science or in art, people who are great performers, have to have that kind of capacity. Without that…

— Antonio Damasio

All men are sculptors, constantly chipping away the unwanted parts of their lives, trying to create their idea of a masterpiece.

— Eddie Murphy

Our biggest challenges for the ocean and for the planet are problems of perception. People need to understand that species extinctions, habitat destruction, ocean…

— Edith Widder

The sculptor produces the beautiful statue by chipping away such parts of the marble block as are not needed - it is a process…

— Elbert Hubbard