Great Writing Quotes
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Great Writing Quotes
“Don't try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say.”
“You can't fake quality any more than you can fake a good meal.”
“The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
“I can’t write five words but that I change seven.”
“I believe more in the scissors than I do in the pencil.”
“First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow him.”
“Writing's about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.”
“To gain your own voice you have to forget about having it heard.”
“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
“I don't care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.”
“It ain't whatcha write, it's the way atcha write it.”
“Let the world burn through you. Throw the prism light, white hot, on paper.”
“When I say work I only mean writing. Everything else is just odd jobs.”
“Write. Rewrite. When not writing or rewriting, read. I know of no shortcuts.”
“Follow your most intense obsessions mercilessly.”
“Writing and rewriting are a constant search for what it is one is saying.”
“For me, the guitar synthesizer is a great writing instrument.”
“Write freely and as rapidly as possible and throw the whole thing on paper.”
“There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.”