Writing Quote by Trish Jackson Download Open image ““Many writers are recognized for their PHD mentality--Poor, Hungry and Driven.”” — Trish Jackson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.3 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Writing
“But there is also the minority of gifted, wilful people who are determined to live their own lives to the end, and writers belong… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“As writing is one of the desperate professions, it has universal appeal, especially for those not engaged in it.” — WH Auden Copy Share Image
“...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 Copy Share Image
“I don't think you can reach your potential as a writer unless you're a passionate reader, AND read passionately.” — Michelle D. Kwasney Copy Share Image
“Writers, to my way of thinking, are no more free in their choices than most people. Our material chooses us; certain things engage us,… — Tobias Wolff Copy Share Image
“Why does everyone want to be a writer? It is because every person wants to feel that they have something of value to say.” — Margie B. Klein Copy Share Image
“Dessy, don't grow up to be a writer. Because when you live too much in your own head, you neglect the people you love… — Kristen Tracy Copy Share Image
“I am a passionate, not an intellectual writer, which means my characters must plunge ahead of me to live the story” — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Writers aren't born, they're made--from practice, reading, and a lot of caffeine. And sometimes tutelage.” — Alexander Chee Copy Share Image
“Being a writer is an important job because we bring emotion and imagination into a world filled with endless, inane chatter.” — Jennifer Probst Copy Share Image
“Whether your glass is half full or half empty there's still room for more wine.” — Trish Jackson Copy Share Image
“Money is my drug of choice--and you can't make money if you're always stoned or high. (Twila Taunton in Redneck P.I.)” — Trish Jackson Copy Share Image
When I passed the Chancellor he arose, waved his hand at me, and I waved back at him. I think the writers showed bad… — Jesse Owens Copy Share Image
I wanted to write about voodoo tradition that I feel has been very important to survival of black people here: people of the African… — Jesmyn Ward Copy Share Image
I feel like the future is unwritten. So many of the things that we write now haven't been about educating people on the environment,… — John Flansburgh Copy Share Image
Histories never conclude; they just pause their prose. Their stories are, if they are truthful, untidy affairs, resistant to windings-up and sortings-out. They beat… — Simon Schama Copy Share Image
Forcing modern speakers of English to not - whoops, not to split an infinitive because it isn't done in Latin makes about as much… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
If what I write is literature, I guess you'd better emphasize the 'litter.' — Lydia Lunch Copy Share Image
Young men, especially in America, write to me and ask me to recommend “a course of reading.” Distrust a course of reading! People who… — Andrew Lang Copy Share Image
I would drink gallons of coffee a day. Even now, off caffeine, I talk faster than anyone you've ever met. I finally recognized that… — Nathan Englander Copy Share Image
Gratitude isn't just a feeling, it's an action. Expressing gratitude by writing in a journal, taking a photo, or shooting a video creates a… — Janice Kaplan Copy Share Image
Regardless of the criticisms I receive from the left, the right and the middle, I think it's important to maintain a prolific writing jab,… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed to someone else. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
