Quotes About Wordsmithing

Writing for me is largely about rewriting.

The central fact of my life has been the existence of words and the possibility of weaving those words into poetry.

Anyone can write. Some people can write a bit better than others; they're called authors. Then there are some who can write better than authors; they're called artists.

Escribir es algo más que eso, es urdir, tejer, zurcir palabras, no importa si es una receta médica o una pieza de ficción. La diferencia es que la ficción consume cuerpo y alma.

words are the raw material out of which literature is crafted.

Here I am paying big money to you writers and what for? All you do is change the words.

I'd say almost that words come first, melody second.

bobbybaird i'm a writer, so are you. we try to compose our thoughts and words for effect as well as sense. vain of us? a bit.

The poets are the standard bearers of language. Their work lives or dies word by word. When I write and can hear a clunky sentence, I try to write up to the poetry that I have recited beforehand.

used to write her books.

The whole idea of spellbinding, of being an entertainer, being the center of the stage, making up words - that let me know that writing is nice.