Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, Writing Quotes, Brain Quotes

After you have pumped your brains for thoughts and verses, there is a better poetry hinted in whistling a tune on your walk.

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Character is plot, plot is character.

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I love writing but hate starting. The page is awfully white and it says, "You may have fooled some of the people some of the time but those days are over, giftless. I'm not your agent and I'm not your mommy, I'm a white piece of paper, you wanna dance with me?" and I really, really don't. I'll go peaceable-like.

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I write with one hand, but I fight with both.

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Having an intelligent secretary does not get rid of the need to read, write, and draw, etc. In a well functioning world, tools and agents are complementary.

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I have no idea who the characters are, later, their personalities take over anything I might want to do. I end up writing not from my own will, but from theirs-they come alive as I write and make me do things that I couldn't have planned.

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Often you must turn your stylus to erase, if you hope to write anything worth a second reading.

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Habit is the best thing for you if you’re trying to write prose.

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If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put it there.

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It is from the middle class that writers spring, because, it is in the middle class only that the practice of writing is as natural and habitual as hoeing a field or building a house.

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Writing means sharing. It's part of the human condition to want to share things - thoughts, ideas, opinions.

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He that writes to himself writes to an eternal public.

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I'm crushed by the responsibility of writing a satirical book.

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If you're still watching, write in and we'll send you a fiver each.

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I write to empty my mind and to fill my heart.

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There are two ways to write error-free programs; only the third one works.

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I want to be a writer, not an engineer who writes books.

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A lot of big labels will just sign bands like a write off.

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Letter writing is the only device combining solitude with good company.

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I don't believe we can get very far, with leaders who write off half the nation as a bunch of victims who never take responsibility for their own lives.

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