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Ten censure wrong, for one that writes amiss.

» Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English poet and satirist

Why did I write? What sin to me unknown dipped me in ink, my parents , or my own?

» Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English poet and satirist

True ease in writing comes from art, not chance, as those move easiest who have learned to dance. 'Tis not enough no harshness gives offence. The sound must seem an echo to the sense.

» Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English poet and satirist

My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise Writerwrites for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward.

» Anonymous (-)

All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.

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You don't write because you want to say something; you write because you've got something to say.

» Anonymous (-)

An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterwards.

» Anonymous (-)

Often I think writing is a sheer paring away of oneself leaving always something thinner, barer, more meager.

» Anonymous (-)

The trouble began with Forster. After him it was considered ungentlemanly to write more than five or six novels.

» Anthony Burgess (1917-1933) English author

Essential characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like, all-embracing compassion.

» Arnold Bennett (1867-1931) English novelist

An author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children.

» Benjamin Disraeli (1804-1881) British politician and author [Prime Minister of the UK from February 20, 1874 to April 21, 1880]

I am paid by the word, so I always write the shortest words possible.

» Bertrand Russell (1872-1970) British logician and philosopher [Nobel Prize in Literature in 1950]

Most authors steal their works, or buy.

» Alexander Pope (1688-1744) English poet and satirist

For a country to have a great Writeris like having another government. That's why no régime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.

» Alexander Solzhenitsyn (1918-?) Russian novelist, dramatist and historian

Writing is simple. First you have to make sure you have plenty of paper... sharp pencils... typeWriterribbon. Then put your belly up to your desk... roll a sheet of paper into the typewriter... and stare at it until beads of blood appear on your forehead.

» Anonymous (-)

Writers aren't people exactly. Or, if they're any good, they're a whole lot of people trying so hard to be one person. It's like actors, who try so pathetically not to look in mirrors. Who lean back ward trying - only to see their faces in the reflecting

» Anonymous (-)

To write well, express yourself like common people, but think like a wise man. Or, think as wise men do, but speak as the common people do.

» Aristotle (384-322) Greek philosopher and scientist [Tutor of Alexander the Great]

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

» Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist, print-publisher and philosopher

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