Quotes about Writing
I did some writing and bought a book, and have been working on that as a film to act and direct in.
— Dustin Hoffman
Art can't be taught; passion can't be taught; discipline can't be taught; but craft can be taught. And writing is both an art and a craft.
— Elizabeth George
I studied philosophy, religious studies, and English. My training was writing four full-length novels and hiring an editor to tear them apart. I had enough money to do that, and then rewriting and rewriting and rewriting.
— Ted Dekker
I wrote things for the school's newspaper, and - like all teenagers - I dabbled in poetry.
— Stephen Colbert
Nothing flatters me more than to have it assumed that I could write prose-unless it be to have it assumed that I once pitched a baseball with distinction.
— Robert Frost
No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader.
— Robert Frost
I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.
— Robert Louis Stevenson
Always speak the truth, think before you speak, and write it down afterwards.
— Lewis Carroll
Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.
— Bill Walsh
Paper is to write things down that we need to remember. Our brains are used to think.
— Albert Einstein
I believe one would write better if the climate were bad. If there were a lot of wind and storms for example...
— Aldous Huxley
A funny little literary article in the hand is worth at least three Critiques of Pure Reason in the bush.
— Aldous Huxley