Writing Quote by Wayne Koestenbaum Download Open image ““The world was doing its best to ignore the fact that I was a writer.”” — Wayne Koestenbaum ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.1 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Writing
“I still wanted to prove that I was the best of all the second-rate writers. I refused all further requests to write journalism and… — Koonchung Chan Copy Share Image
“I think... the most brilliant thing about being a writer,is that if you don't like the way the world is, you can create your… — Maegan Cook Copy Share Image
“There's a good reason I am a writer. I'm completely useless at anything else.” — Derek Haines Copy Share Image
“I wanted to see the world, to work in all professions , to meet new people, to be whatever I ever imagined, to tell… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“To write is to forget. Literature is the most agreeable way of ignoring life.” — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“To write is to forget. Literature is the pleasantest way of ignoring life.” — Fernando Pessoa Copy Share Image
“To be a great Writer, Write what you know & Write what other writers wouldn't write about.” — Maryann Gestwicki Copy Share Image
“When you write, you want to get rid of the world, do you not? Of coarse you do. When you're writing, you're creating your… — Stephen King Copy Share Image
“How frequently do you look in the mirror? Does your face please you? Are you disgusted to detect familial features? Do you worship or… — Wayne Koestenbaum Copy Share Image
“Opera has the power to warn you that you have wasted your life. You haven't acted on your desires. You've suffered a stunted, vicarious… — Wayne Koestenbaum 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
