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Writers’ Quotes on Writing – The First Dozen
By Deb Gallardo
This post begins a 7-part series of great quotes from famous writers on the subject of writing — a dozen a day if I counted right… . You’ll find quotations that are funny, inspirational, tongue-in-cheek, pithy and everything in between. Feel free to tweet the link to this post to share with other writers. (http://www.debgallardo.com/virtuoso/1046/writers-quotes-on-writing-the-first-dozen/) Enjoy!
“Just remember, writing is easy. All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until the drops of blood form on your forehead.” ~ Gene Fowler
“Imagination grows by exercise, and contrary to common belief, is more powerful in the mature than in the young.” ~ W. Somerset Maugham
“Good writing is supposed to evoke sensation in the reader-not the fact that it is raining, but the feeling of being rained upon.” ~ E.L. Doctorow
“If you would be a writer, first be a reader. Only through the assimilation of ideas, thoughts and philosophies can one begin to focus his own ideas, thoughts and philosophies.” ~ Allan W. Eckert
“The first thing you have to consider when writing a novel is your story, and then your story-and then your story!” ~ Ford Madox Ford
“I think of an author as somebody who goes into the marketplace and puts down his rug and says, “I will tell you a story,” and then he passes the hat.” ~ Robertson Davies
“The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an idea.” ~ Thomas Mann
“The difference between reality and fiction? Fiction has to make sense.” ~ Tom Clancy
“Start early and work hard. A writer’s apprenticeship usually involves writing a million words (which are then discarded) before he’s almost ready to begin. That takes a while.” ~ David Eddings
“You must want to enough. Enough to take all the rejections, enough to pay the price of disappointment and discouragement while you are learning. Like any other artist you must learn your craft-then you can add all the genius you like.” ~ Phyllis A. Whitney
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