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A Select Collection of Quotes: Writing

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Ray Bradbury: Quotes: Writing
We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff out.

Peter F. Drucker: Quotes: Writing
We know nothing about motivation. All we can do is write books about it.

Logan Pearsall Smith: Quotes: Writing
What I like in a good author isn't what he says, but what he whispers.

Samuel Johnson: Quotes: Writing
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.

Samuel Goldwyn: Quotes: Writing
What we want is a story that starts with an earthquake and builds to a climax.

Erica Jong: Quotes: Writing
When I sit down at my writing desk, time seems to vanish. I think it's a wonderful way to spend one's life.

Anne Sexton: Quotes: Writing
When I'm writing, I know I'm doing the thing I was born to do.

Samuel Lover: Quotes: Writing
When once the itch of literature comes over a man, nothing can sure it but the scratching of a pen.

Ivan Levison: Quotes: Writing
When your writing is filled with detail, it has a lot more impact.

Rudyard Kipling: Quotes: Writing
Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind.

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