Quotes About Writing

Half of writing history is hiding the truth.

Continuous reading is the price that each author must pay.

Historians have their pens ready to begin a new chapter in history.

My love of writing and sending positive messages to the world has taught me to begin from the very beginning of life.

Nobody finds it more boring to read their own works like an author. It's not because they don't have time, but because they've been there more times than you can imagine.

The benefit of writing is that: No man can doubt the existence of Julius, but many are still in doubt whether Jesus existed or not. Mind over emotions.

The inspiration for writing has become so deceptive, but putting everything you've said into practice is where the burden lies.

There will always be a touch of fiction in non-fiction books and reality in works of fiction.

In Soviet writing the demonization of all forms of Ukrainian nationalism has a long tradition, and would make an interesting study in itself. Soviet writers considered almost any criticism of their state—and, from the 1930s, of the Russian Empire—as "fascist" or "counterrevolutionary,

The word 'metaphor' itself can be used in a non-literal way.

Author says writing about Jesus is difficult because it is like writing about a friend "who is still liable to surprise us.

The Bible is the story so far in the true novel that God is still writing.

Journaling is a good thing, and it's a decent idea."

The fear that goes with the writing of verse has nothing in common with the fear one experiences in the presence of the secret police. Our mysterious awe in the face of existence itself is always overridden by the more primitive fear of violence and destruction.

Life is denied by lack of attention, whether it be to cleaning windows or trying to write a masterpiece.

I wake up early in the morning and walk for an hour. If I have something to write, I prefer to write in the morning until midday, and in the afternoon, I eat.

I was a government employee in the morning and a writer in the evening.

Hattatin biri üç ayri tarzda yazi yazarmis: Birincisini kendisi okuyabilirmis ama baskalari okuyamazmis, ikincisini hem kendisi hem de baskalari okuyabilirmis, üçüncüsünu ne kendisi okuyabilirmis ne de baÅŸkalar?. O üçüncü hat, benim.

Writing would take a tremendous leap of faith because I'd have to invest a lot of time and energy into something that I don't know will get published.

It seems as if I can only thing if I write my journal, it just connects the part of my head that is busy doing things with the part that is busy thinking about everything else. I know all these pepole are so busy because they love each other and me. We are a noisy crowd of love

Thoughts to words, words to paper. A gift we give ourselves, both now and later.

Liza-don't let it make any difference. It won't, will it? With us, I mean." "Of course it won't," I told her. But I was wrong. Six months of not writing-that's a difference. And so I lied to Annie. On top of everything else, I lied to Annie, too.

Le Neil qui parlait était amnésique. Sa main qui écrivait ne l'était pas. (p.80)

Comedian Marty Feldman adds, "The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with.