Writing Quote by Wendy Wax Download Open image ““being able to work in a robe and slippers was one of the greatest perks of being a writer.”” — Wendy Wax ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.6 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Writing
“I’ve often thought the biggest element of successful writing is the ability to get the seat of your pants to the seat of a… — Agnes Nixon Copy Share Image
“To become better writers we must become the best thieves and liars in the business. We slink around the pages of everyone else’s work… — Chris Stocking Copy Share Image
“The secret of being a successful writer is--write. Every writer deserves that chance.” — Millicent Ashby Copy Share Image
“Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.” — Jules Renard 1890 Copy Share Image
“Being a good writer meant he could make a living and do as he chose. Being a great one would bring responsibilities and expectations… — Nora Roberts Copy Share Image
“A writer's style should be direct and personal, his imagery rich and earthy, and his words simple and vigorous. The greatest writers have the… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
“Writers' trousers are famously unpredictable in many ways, but I haven't met another author whose trousers simply disintegrated en route to a reading. There… — A.L. Kennedy Copy Share Image
“Being a writer is something I love to do, plus I get independence. It’s a great job for a woman because she can work… — Anne Mather Copy Share Image
“As with most things, my approach to writing has been entirely ass-backwards. I first had to become everything but a writer -- exhaust all… — Quentin R. Bufogle Copy Share Image
“The best thing about being a writer is that 'work' is always something you love, plus usually accompanied by tea, coffee and cakes of… — Jamie L. Harding Copy Share Image
“There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. —W. SOMERSET MAUGHAM” — Wendy Wax Copy Share Image
“Dottie, spray her hair some more so that it can’t fall forward. It’s hiding her, um, profile.” This was Jonathan the director’s euphemism for… — Wendy Wax Copy Share Image
“They looked at each other. “I don’t understand it. But I know who sent it.” Maddie Singer’s thumbs and her iPhone were often incompatible.… — Wendy Wax Copy Share Image
“ladies’ clothing aisle—strategically located just past the automotive section—where Avery and Madeline selected some of the ugliest shorts and T-shirts Nicole had ever seen.” — Wendy Wax Copy Share Image
“We honeymooned on the SS Franklin,” Max said. “We were the onboard entertainment even though it was Millie’s first time onstage. When I saw… — Wendy Wax Copy Share Image
“The last time you gave me ‘Hightower detail’ he caught me with his underwear in my hands.” “I’m sorry I missed that.” Nicole’s voice… — Wendy Wax Copy Share Image
“Madeline Singer had recently achieved two things that surprised her: a senior citizen discount; and the legal right to date.” — Wendy Wax Copy Share Image
“Either way would give her a shot at covering their most pressing expenses until Malcolm Dyer was found and the remainder of their money… — Wendy Wax Copy Share Image
“the fact that her children were so obviously living their own lives was bittersweet. Their independence was what you hoped for and worked toward,… — Wendy Wax Copy Share Image
“What defines us isn’t how we behave when things are good, Andrew, but how we respond when they aren’t.” — Wendy Wax 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