“Use the right word and not its second cousin.” – Mark Twain
Category Archives: Quotes
Don’t Be One of Many Thousands…
“…you have to develop a conscience and if on top of that you have talent so much the better. But if you have talent without conscience, you are just one of many thousand journalists.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
You Must Write It…
“If there’s a book you really want to read but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.” – Toni Morrison
There’s Nothing To It…
“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.” – Ernest Hemingway
A Writer and A Critic
“In a writer there must always be two people – the writer and the critic.” – Leo Tolstoy
A Successful Man…
“A man is a success if he gets up in the morning and gets to bed at night, and in between he does what he wants to do.” – Bob Dylan
The Inner Music Words Make
“To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it’s about, but the inner music the words make.” – Truman Capote
Caress the Details…
“Caress the detail, the divine detail.” – Vladimir Nabokov
All Good Writing Is…
“All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.” – F. Scott Fitzgerald
“I Told Them They Didn’t Understand Life”
RIP John Lennon (9 October 1940 – 8 December 1980)
