#write

A writer who presents men and women as creatures truncated below the waist is exposed as one who goes about without his trousers saying, 'see, I have had my testicles removed.' ↗

— Norman Lindsay

#below #creatures #exposed #goes #had

The serious writer was aware of a paradox at the heart of his art: his inner world, the place of the strongest stories, was infinite, but it was also embedded in – if this was possible! – an even more infinite universe of all things to write about. It was like seeing the Grand Canyon from outer space – a huge gorge that looked like a thin trickle, impossible to miss, hard to hit. ↗

— Marcus Speh

#humanity #short-story #writer #writing-life #art

My brother is an excellent songwriter, and I play guitar and drums. ↗

— Jeremy London

#drums #excellent #guitar #i #play

You cannot teach creativity - how to become a good writer. But you can help a young writer discover within himself what kind of writer he would like to be. ↗

— Mario Vargas Llosa

#cannot #creativity #discover #good #good writer

If you are killed because you are a writer, that's the maximum expression of respect, you know. ↗

— Mario Vargas Llosa

#expression #killed #know #maximum #respect

I knew what book we had to write, it was clear in my head; it was journals and poetry. So I passed on their offer. I told my agent this is our vision, and no one's done it this way. ↗

— Kenny Loggins

#book #clear #done #had #head

I write most of my own lyrics for my album and I am helping to produce some of the songs as well. ↗

— Lindsay Lohan

#am #helping #i #i am #i write

Don't write anything you can phone. Don't phone anything you can talk. Don't talk anything you can whisper. Don't whisper anything you can smile. Don't smile anything you can nod. Don't nod anything you can wink. ↗

— Earl Long

#nod #phone #smile #talk #whisper

I've seen some great write ups and I emailed her the other night because I saw her on an awards show recently. ↗

— Nia Long

#because #emailed #great #her #i

Inspiring others is the pathway to your own discoveries ↗

— Robin Craig Clark

#inspiring #inspiring-authors #inspiring-books #inspiring-quotes #inspiring-words