Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Writing Quotes of the Day



“My aim is to put down on paper what I see and what I feel in the best and simplest way.”—Ernest Hemingway

“The pages are still blank, but there is a miraculous feeling of the words being there, written in invisible ink and clamoring to become visible.”—Vladimir Nabokov

“A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.”—Thomas Mann



“Put it before them briefly so they will read it, clearly so they will appreciate it, picturesquely so they will remember it, and above all, accurately so they will be guided by its light.”—Joseph Pulitzer


“Our admiration of fine writing will always be in proportion to its real difficulty and its apparent ease.”—Charles Caleb Colton

No comments: