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Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.
Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.
Writing is thinking on paper.
Writing is thinking on paper.
If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average
If you know what you are going to write when you're writing a poem, it's going to be average
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean
The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean
Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
Take time to deliberate; but when the time for action arrives, stop thinking and go in.
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
You can fool too many of the people too much of the time.
Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and frustrations in read more
Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and frustrations in public, and get paid for it
The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but read more
The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.
What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.
What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.