“Writing is just having a sheet of paper, a pen and not a shadow of an idea of what you are going to say.” Quote by Francoise Sagan
“Art is the manipulation of someone else's imagination.” WritingArtImaginationArt IsManipulation Book:Funny Business: The Craft of Comedy Writing Source: Funny Business: The Craft of Comedy Writing
“A writer lives, at best, in a state of astonishment. Beneath any feeling he has of the good or evil of the world lies a deeper one of wonder at it all.” WorldWritingStatesFeelingsLyingEvilWonderDeeperAstonishment Author:William Sansom
“The English language has a deceptive air of simplicity; so have some little frocks; but they are both not the kind of thing you can run up in half an hour with a machine.” WritingKindLittlesRunningLanguageHoursHalfAirMachinesSimplicityEnglish LanguageHypeDeceptive Author:Dorothy L. Sayers
“Clarity in language depends on clarity in thought.” WritingLanguageDependsClarity Author:Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
“The first rule for a good style is to have something to say; in fact, this in itself is almost enough.” WritingFirstsEnoughFactsStyle Author:Arthur Schopenhauer
“I don't think it's very useful to open wide the door for young artists; the ones who break down the door are more interesting.” ThinkingWritingYoungArtistInterestingBreakDoorsWideBreaking DownYoung Artists Author:Paul Schrader
“Every novelist has a different purpose-and often several purposes which might even be contradictory.” WritingDifferentMightPurposeLiteratureNovelistsContradictory Author:Irwin Shaw
“Act the way you'd like to be and soon you'll be the way you act.” WayLifeInspirationalWisdomInspirationMotivationalSuccessMusicPositiveBehaviorPersonal GrowthRecipe For SuccessSelf TransformationFulfilling DreamsFulfilling Your DreamsPositive Behavior Author:Leonard Cohen
“An absolutely necessary part of a writer's equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts upon himself.” WorldWritingHandsAbilityTalentPunishmentEquipment Author:Irwin Shaw
“Literature is like any other trade; you will never sell anything unless you go to the right shop.” WritingLiteratureTradeSellsShops Author:George Bernard Shaw