Quotes on writing

urge write urge self-expressionism self-transcendence. work bigger sma — Susan Sontag

Susan Sontag
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way writing rather think aloud, follow humours, much consider listenin — Thomas de Quincey, Confessions English Opium Eater

Confessions of an English Opium Eater Thomas de Quincey
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Remember yourself. Deep inside, observer, a constant neutral witness p — Jonathan Price, Put Writing

Jonathan Price Put That in Writing
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V.S. Pritchett’s definition a short story ‘something glimpsed corner e — Raymond Carver, Call Need Me: Uncollected Fiction Prose

Call If You Need Me: The Uncollected Fiction Other Prose Raymond Carver
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St. Bernard said, ��?Every word one writes smites Devil. — Lillian Stewart Carl, Lucifer’s Crown

Lillian Stewart Carl Lucifer's Crown
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treat characters like people, reward fully developed individuals. — Don Roff

Don Roff
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expect readers know tell family, friends, relationships life? fit worl — Rabih Alameddine, I, Divine: A Novel First Chapters

I Rabih Alameddine The Divine: A Novel in First Chapters
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art reading, well art thinking, art writing. — Isaac D’Israeli

Isaac D'Israeli
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eyes others a man a poet written one good poem. a poet moment making l — W.H. Auden, Dyer’s Hand

The Dyer's Hand W.H. Auden
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books, I, first person, omitted; retained; that, respect egotism, main — Henry David Thoreau, Walden

Henry David Thoreau Walden
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