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If I had more time I would write a shorter letter.

» Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) French mathematician, physicist and philosopher

On the day when a young Writercorrects his first proof-sheet he is as proud as a schoolboy who has just got his first dose of pox.

» Charles Baudelaire (1821-1867) French poet

Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me to add that I will cease to write the moment I have nothing to say.

» Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) British clergyman, sportsman and author [well known for his eccentrities]

To write what is worth publishing, to find honest people to publish it, and get sensible people to read it, are the three great difficulties in being an author.

» Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) British clergyman, sportsman and author [well known for his eccentrities]

A book should be luminous not voluminous.

» Christian Nestell Bovee (1820-1904) American epigrammatic Writerand lawyer

Mr. Faulkner, of course, is interested in making your mind rather than your flesh creep.

» Clifton Fadiman (1904-1999) American editor and writer

I hate the actor and audience business. An author should be in among the crowd, kicking their shins or cheering them on to some mischief or merriment.

» D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) English writer. 'Women in Love', 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the best you can do, and it's the fact that it's the best you can do that kills you.

» Dorothy Parker (1893-1967) US short-story Writerand poet

The pen is mightier than the sword.

» Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) British politician, poet and critic

If you wish to be a writer; write!

» Epictetus (55-125) Greek stoic philosopher

The most essential gift for a good Writeris a built-in, shock-proof, shit detector. This is the writer's radar and all great writers have had it.

» Ernest Hemingway (1898-1961) American Writer[Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954]

Writing, at its best, is a lonely life. Organizations for writers palliate the writer's loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing. He grows in public stature as he sheds his loneliness and often his work deteriorates. For he does his work alone

» Ernest Hemingway (1898-1961) American Writer[Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954]

The last thing we decide in writing a book is what to put first.

» Blaise Pascal (1623-1662) French mathematician, physicist and philosopher

The society of dead authors has this advantage over that of the living: they never flatter us to our faces, nor slander us behind our backs, nor intrude upon our privacy, nor quit their shelves until we take them down.

» Charles Caleb Colton (1780-1832) British clergyman, sportsman and author [well known for his eccentrities]

There are two kinds of writers; the great ones who can give you truths, and the lessor ones, who can only give you themselves.

» Clifton Fadiman (1904-1999) American editor and writer

I like to write when I feel spiteful. It is like having a good sneeze.

» D. H. Lawrence (1885-1930) English writer. 'Women in Love', 'Lady Chatterley's Lover'

Writers are the main landmarks of the past.

» Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton (1803-1873) British politician, poet and critic

A serious Writeris not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious Writermay be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn Writeris always a bloody owl.

» Ernest Hemingway (1898-1961) American Writer[Nobel Prize in Literature in 1954]

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