How vain it is to sit down to write when you have not stood up to live.
“If you can't annoy somebody, there is little point in writing.”
“There are many rules of good writing, but the best way to find them is to be a good reader.”
A songwriter writes songs all the time, whereas just writing a song can be done by anyone, anytime.
“Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.”
“If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot.”
If you can't write clearly, you probably don't think nearly as well as you think you do
You can make anything out of writing.
You can make anything by writing.
The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say.