#write

Yes, it's hard to write. But it's harder not to. ↗

— Carl Clinton Van Doren

#harder #write #yes

I write short stories, and I wrote a play. ↗

— Rita Dove

#i write #play #short #short stories #stories

If they don't read, if they don't love reading; if they don't find themselves compulsively reading, I don't think they're really a writer. ↗

— Rita Dove

#find #i #love #read #reading

One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish and English lines and see how the translator worked. ↗

— Anita Diament

#close #compare #english #favorite #how

I really pay attention to the bass in the music I listen to, and that's what I tend to write toward. ↗

— Dustin Diamond

#bass #i #listen #music #pay

A literary critic is someone who can't write, but who loves to show he would have been a wonderful writer if only he could! ↗

— Brian Lumley

#could #critic #literary #loves #only

You cannot prove this in real time, but when economists 20 years from now write a book on the recovery, it may well be entitled, 'It could have been much better.' ↗

— Jamie Dimon

#better #book #cannot #could #economists

I'm a dad, I'm a husband, I'm an activist, I'm a writer and I'm just a student of the world. ↗

— Michael J. Fox

#dad #husband #i #just #student

I am never going to write for the sake of writing. ↗

— Emma Lazarus

#going #i #i am #never #sake

She had the kids during the day and I would have them at night. That way they were never alone. I would put the kids to bed, and then I had nothing to do and nobody to talk to, so I would write. ↗

— Clive Cussler

#bed #day #during #had #i