Quotes on writing

view, novelist no right express opinions things world. creating, imita — Gustave Flaubert

Gustave Flaubert
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written merely dregs experience. — Franz Kafka

Franz Kafka
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rest – perhaps best – a permission slip: can, should, brave enough sta — Stephen King, Writing: A Memoir Craft

On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft Stephen King
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can’t really succeed a novel anyway; big. like city planning. can’t pl — Gore Vidal

Gore Vidal
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know, ask a desert island knew nobody ever see wrote, go writing. answ — William S. Burroughs

William S. Burroughs
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Copies dethroned; economic model built collapsing. a regime superabund — David Shields, Reality Hunger: A Manifesto

David Shields Reality Hunger: A Manifesto
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takes a heap loafing write a book. — Gertrude Stein

Gertrude Stein
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a person talented enough a novelist, smart enough a lawyer, hands shak — Norman Mailer

Norman Mailer
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job writer isn’t answer questions. job writer ask questions no answers — J.M. Porup

J.M. Porup
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fact, one argue skill fiction writer boils ability exploit intensity. — James Scott Bell, Plot & Structure: Techniques Exercises Crafting a Plot Grips Readers Start Finish

Exercises for Crafting a Plot That Grips Readers from Start to Finish James Scott Bell Plot Structure: Techniques
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