#writing

Writing is a dog’s life, but the only one worth living. ↗

— Gustave Flaubert

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if a book isn't self-explanatory, then it isn't worth reading. ↗

— Paulo Coelho

#reading #writing #self-worth

Dance above the surface of the world. Let your thoughts lift you into creativity that is not hampered by opinion. ↗

— Red Haircrow

#creative-thinking #creative-writing #creativity #individuality #life

If you intend to write as truthfully as you can, your days as a member of polite society are numbered. ↗

— Stephen King

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Just as anyone who listens to the muse will hear, you can write out of your own intention or out of inspiration. There is such a thing. It comes up and talks. And those who have heard deeply the rhythms and hymns of the gods, can recite those hymns in such a way that the gods will be attracted. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

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People who read your ideas tend to think that your writings reflect your life. ↗

— Henri J.M. Nouwen

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Fiction that adds up, that suggests a "logical consistency," or an explanation of some kind, is surely second-rate fiction; for the truth of life is its mystery. ↗

— Joyce Carol Oates

#on-fiction #writing #life

It's hard for me to believe that people who read very little (or not at all in some cases) should presume to write and expect people to like what they have written. ↗

— Stephen King

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The main rule of writing is that if you do it with enough assurance and confidence, you’re allowed to do whatever you like. (That may be a rule for life as well as for writing. But it’s definitely true for writing.) So write your story as it needs to be written. Write it honestly, and tell it as best you can. I’m not sure that there are any other rules. Not ones that matter. ↗

— Neil Gaiman

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All words are masks and the lovelier they are, the more they are meant to conceal. ↗

— Steven Millhauser

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