#written

When you're stuck, and sure you've written absolutely garbage, force yourself to finish and then decide to fix or scrap it - or you will never know if you can. ↗

— Jodi Picoult

#decide #finish #fix #force #garbage

I have written every one of my novels to convince somebody of something. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#every #i #novels #somebody #something

I haven't been the kind of writer about whom book-length academic studies have been written. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#academic #been #haven #i #kind

Temper your enjoyments with prudence, lest there be written on your heart that fearful word "satiety." ↗

— Francis Quarles

#fearful #heart #lest #prudence #satiety

I am convinced that when the history of international law comes to be written centuries hence, it will be divided into two periods: the first being from the earliest times to the end of the nineteenth century, and the second beginning with the Hague Conference. ↗

— Ludwig Quidde

#beginning #being #centuries #century #comes

It is not worth the paper it is written on unless it is backed by the kind of force that will make the other side consider the penalties too heavy to break the agreement. ↗

— Yitzhak Rabin

#backed #break #consider #force #heavy

I don't think anyone has written a great graphic novel. ↗

— Ted Rall

#graphic #great #i #novel #think

Everything I've ever done in my whole career, people might not know, I've never written anything down on paper. ↗

— Don Rickles

#career #done #down #ever #everything

I haven't written my memoirs or let the television movie be made about my life. ↗

— Sally Ride

#haven #i #life #made #memoirs

I don't think you can write - at least not well - if you don't love stories, love the written word. ↗