Monday, July 3, 2017

Writing Wisdom


When you catch an adjective, kill it. No, I don't mean utterly, but kill most of them --  then the rest will be valuable.     Mark Twain

Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.  Jules Renard

You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.    Saul Bellow

One day I will find the right words, and they will be simple.     
Jack Kerouac

If there's a book that you want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it. Toni Morrison

I love deadlines. I love the whooshing sound they make as they go by.   Douglas Adams

Easy reading is damn hard writing.   Nathaniel Hawthorne

Write what should not be forgotten.   Isabel Allende

There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you.   Maya Angelou