#advice

Let the writer take up surgery or bricklaying if he is interested in technique. There is no mechanical way to get the writing done, no shortcut. The young writer would be a fool to follow a theory. Teach yourself by your own mistakes; people learn only by error. The good artist believes that nobody is good enough to give him advice. He has supreme vanity. No matter how much he admires the old writer, he wants to beat him. ↗

— William Faulkner

#writing-advice #vanity

You can always edit a bad page. You can't edit a blank page. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#writing-advice #writing-process #writing-process

One should never use exclamation points in writing. It is like laughing at your own joke. ↗

— Mark Twain

#clever #exclamation-point #writing #writing-advice

It's okay to write crap. Just don't try publishing it while it's still crap. ↗

— S.M. Blooding

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Shut up, Ray. ↗

— Henry Kuttner

#writing-advice #writing-advice

My advice to you: Just be yourself. That’s what I’m trying to do. So, can I borrow your clothes? ↗

— Jarod Kintz

#funny #funny

It don't do you no nevermind to tell nobody nothing. ↗

— Thomas McGuane

#humor #wisdom #humor

No one is normal. Everyone is just pretending to be normal. ↗

— Alessandra Torre

#humorous-quotes #reality #humor

Pack a pillow and blanket and see as much of the world as you can.You will not regret it. ↗

— Jhumpa Lahiri

#inspirational #life #mottos #inspirational

You can't beat yourself up anymore,' he says. 'And you can't compare your thing to my thing or to anyone else's thing on the how-bad-should-I-feel? scale. ↗

— Melissa C. Walker

#life-lessons #parental-advice #life