2. "Writing became such a process of discovery that I couldn't wait to get to work in the morning: I wanted to know what I was going to say." Sharon O'Brien
3. "The act of putting pen to paper encourages pause for thought, this in turn makes us think more deeply about life, which helps us regain our equilibrium." Norbet Platt
4. "The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say." Mark Twain
5. I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.
Peter De Vries
6. Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.
E.L. Doctorow
7. "Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart."
William Wordsworth
8. "Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it." Hannah Arendt
9. "It seems to me that those songs that have been any good, I have nothing much to do with the writing of them. The words have just crawled down my sleeve and come out on the page." Joan Baez
10. "Metaphors have a way of holding the most truth in the least space." Orson Scott Card
11. The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. Mark Twain
12. "Be obscure clearly." E.B. White
13. "If there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it." Toni Morrison
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"And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt." Sylvia Plath
29 comments:
No. 6 makes my day!
AMEN....I love to read. Great list:) Happy TT.
WOW! Wonderful! Love this one... "Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart."
My favs are 5, 6 and 12. :)
Such a wonderful list...
I love #7..
Happy TT!
Some great quotes there. I hate the paperwork, too. But the finished piece?
Nothing in the world like it!
Okay, maybe one or two ;-)
I especially love #8--and it's the one of the hardest to practice.
Great list. The Mark Twain quote is one of my favorites.
Great quotes...love #8!
These are all so inspirational, but I especially love #7 :) Happy TT
Oh wow!! I posted my comment before reading the others. I see #7 has touched many :)
Amen to number 6. :)
Very true list ! I missed it this morning, went to the wrong blog, lol !
Great TT list of quotes
Happy Thursday!
Hope you'll check out my TTs,
My Before 50 Bucket List & Great Picture Books
All wonderful quotes! Hope you're having a great day my friend! :o)
I love #5! It might even be better than Douglas Adams's “I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by.”
Dear Storyteller,
Your wealth of quotes are such a resource. Thank you for them.
I always get a chuckle out of Mark Twain's "lightening" and "lightening bug" quote. :P
Great list of quotes! I especially liked #3.
Great quotes Storyteller!
I love that first Twain quote!
Great list. #2,#11, and #12 are my favorites.
Great 13. I love them all. I am going to forward this to my Daughter. She loves to put her thoughts and feelings down on paper.
Great 13!
I participate in TT as well! This was a great list! I have committed to reading more these last two months and am really enjoying it!
I like #3. It articulates why I still like writing little notes to people, stamping and mailing them. (Thanks for visiting my TT)
I love these. Thanks for sharing.
#2 really speaks to me.
I love these - many of them are totally new to me! Thank you!
What a great TT. It's given me such inspiration. My mother is a writer who just graduated with her second Masters which is in English Literature. I would really love to write with passion and full of grace like my mother. I still need lots of practice with this blog thing. LOL!! Happy TT to you!
I think #6 has to be my favorite! Thanks for visiting my TT!
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