#write

Early on, a story's meaning and rationale seem pretty obvious, but then, as I write it, I realize that I know the meaning/rationale too well, which means that the reader will also know it - and so things have to be ramped up. ↗

— George Saunders

#early #i #i write #know #meaning

How many authors are there among writers? Author means originator. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#author #authors #how #many #means

There are writers in Germany who drink the Absolute like water; and there are books in which even the dogs make references to the Infinite. ↗

— Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel

#books #dogs #drink #even #germany

And, of course, some SF is set close enough to here and now that Anglo and European do apply. Since many of the writers come from those backgrounds, so does much of the fiction. ↗

— Stanley Schmidt

#apply #backgrounds #close #come #course

There may be something to the suggestion about the pace of technological change intimidating writers, though - it's been awfully hard to keep ahead of real developments. ↗

— Stanley Schmidt

#ahead #awfully #been #change #developments

My advice would be to write what is most personal and specific to your experience or your life. And your voice will emerge and because of its specificity, it will be universal. ↗

— David Schwimmer

#because #emerge #experience #life #most

For some reason when I write in cursive, it's easier and flows better for me to read that when I print. ↗

— Ashley Scott

#easier #flows #i #i write #me

I don't know too many people because I stay at my house, I write songs, I go to the store. ↗

— Jules Shear

#go #house #i #i write #know

I just sat down and thought, I'm going to write a song today, I'm going to give it a try. So I just stuck it on a tape like everything else. That was just another song. ↗

— Jules Shear

#down #else #everything #give #going

In Braille you write your flat sign first and then your note. ↗

— George Shearing

#first #flat #note #sign #then