Today I thought I’d share some of my very favorite quotes about writing. All of these are printed in and shamelessly lifted from what is also my very favorite book, For Writer’s Only. Do get a copy, if you don’t have one. It will change your writing life!
Writing Quotes:
It’s nervous work. The state you need to write in is the state that others are paying large sums to get rid of. – Shirley Hazzard
Writers kid themselves–about themselves and other people. Take the talk about writing methods. Writing is just work–there’s no secret. If you dictate or use a pen or type or type with your toes–it is just work. – Sinclair Lewis
Talent is a question of quantity. Talent does not write one page: it writes three hundred. – Jules Reynard
Easy reading is damned hard writing. – Nathaniel Hawthorne
Well, I don’t know exactly how…
View original post 235 more words
Viv Drewa - The Owl Lady 