#writ

A writer should write with his eyes and a painter paint with his ears. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

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To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

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One of the pleasant things those of us who write or paint do is to have the daily miracle. It does come. ↗

— Gertrude Stein

#daily #does #miracle #paint #pleasant

The discipline of the written word punishes both stupidity and dishonesty. ↗

— John Steinbeck

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I hold that a writer who does not passionately believe in the perfectibility of man has no dedication nor any membership in literature. ↗

— John Steinbeck

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The writer must believe that what he is doing is the most important thing in the world. And he must hold to this illusion even when he knows it is not true. ↗

— John Steinbeck

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The profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business. ↗

— John Steinbeck

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Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

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It is the nobility of their style which will make our writers of 1840 unreadable forty years from now. ↗

— Stendhal

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