#writer

It’s not: I jumped in, and it was cold. No. It was cold, and I jumped in. Always arrange a sentence so you appear to be fearless, when in fact you are far less than fearless—you are clueless. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#appearances #clueless #fear #fearless #funny

The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

#consequence #function #masterpiece #other #produce

Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers. ↗

— Jackie Chan

#american film #american writers #directors #every #every time

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#art #away #craft #desire #end

The English may not always be the best writers in the world, but they are incomparably the best dull writers. ↗

— Raymond Chandler

#best #dull #english #incomparably #may

Your first duty as a writer is to write to please yourself. And you have no duty towards anyone else. ↗

— Iris Chang

#duty #else #first #please #towards

Then on to all the terrific american songwriters, from Tin Pan Alley to the Beatles, from Bob Dylan to Paul Simon. Whoever wrote and sang in the song form I have appreciated. ↗

— Tom Chapin

#american #appreciated #beatles #bob #bob dylan

I have to understand what my strengths and limitations are, and work from a true place. I try to do this as best I can while still protecting my writer self, which more than ever needs privacy. ↗

— Sandra Cisneros

#ever #i #i can #limitations #more

Writers fish for the right words like fishermen fish for, um, whatever those aquatic creatures with fins and gills are called. 
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— Jarod Kintz

#aquatic #bizarre #creatures #fins #fish

You're a reader as well as a writer, so write what you'd want to read. ↗

— Cassandra Clare

#reader #want #well #write #writer