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  • Let us guess that whenever we read a sentence & like it, we unconsciously store it away in our model-chamber; & it goes, with the myriad of its fellows, to the building, brick by brick, of the eventual edifice which we call our style.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Mark Twain Quotes , Writing Quotes , Style Quotes
  • When describing nature, a writer should seize upon small details, arranging them so that the reader will see an image in his mind after he closes his eyes. For instance: you will capture the truth of a moonlit night if you'll write that a gleam like starlight shone from the pieces of a broken bottle, and then the dark, plump shadow of a dog or wolf appeared. You will bring life to nature only if you don't shrink from similes that liken its activities to those of humankind.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Anton Chekhov Quotes , Dog Quotes , Writing Quotes
  • How simple the writing of literature would be if it were only necessary to write in another way what has been well written. It is because we have had such great writers in the past that a writer is driven far out past where he can go, out to where no one can help him.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Ernest Hemingway Quotes , Writing Quotes , Past Quotes
  • When I am directing, it is much, much, much, much, much different. I'm a much more practical person in the world, I show up on time, I am very rigorous about scheduling, and I am very focused. But when I'm writing I am just a big, irresponsible mess and I'm just impossible to get in touch with, and I don't spend time with friends.
  • 6 years ago



    Tags : Adam Rapp Quotes , Writing Quotes , World Quotes
  • Whenever I write a letter to a family who has lost a loved one in Iraq, or read an email from a constituent who has dropped out of college because her student aid has been cut, I'm reminded that the actions of those in power have enormous consequences--a price that they themselves almost never have to pay.
  • 5 years ago



    Tags : Barack Obama Quotes , Writing Quotes , Cutting Quotes