Tuesday, March 07, 2006

Say What?


And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt. ~Sylvia Plath

Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very;" your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. ~Mark Twain

The wastebasket is a writer's best friend. ~Isaac Bashevis Singer

Easy reading is damn hard writing. ~Nathaniel Hawthorne

A metaphor is like a simile. ~Author Unknown

Proofread carefully to see if you any words out. ~Author Unknown

A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer. ~Karl Kraus

If the doctor told me I had six minutes to live, I'd type a little faster. ~Isaac Asimov

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork. ~Peter De Vries

13 comments:

Dana Pollard said...

LOL!!! The last one is my favorite!

Meg Allison said...

Those are great -- especially the Twain quote. He was such a funny man.

Thanks for sharing!

Unknown said...

Heh, heh. These are great. :-)

Tess said...

Cool quotes, Nienke :-) Lots to think about!

Stephanie said...

Thanks for these. I particularly like the Sylvia Plath quote.

Steph

Shesawriter said...

"Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very;" your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be. ~Mark Twain"

This one is my favorite.

Tanya

Anonymous said...

Thats DAMN, true!

Hope all is well!

Wil

Melissa Amateis said...

Ha! I LOVE the last one. How true!!!

Sandy J said...

Love these! Nathaniel Hawthorne hit the nail on the head!

Anonymous said...

How about "Good is the enemy of great".

I can't remember who said it, but I always liked it.

Zinnia Cyclamen said...

I like them all - especially the 'author unknown' ones.

Rene said...

Love those quotes. Thanks for posting them.

Rachel Vincent said...

Oh my gosh, I love these quotes! Where did you find them?

My favorite is the one by Karl Kraus, because I'm trying to write a mystery. It's hard. Really, really hard.