Quotes by Writing A designer knows he has achieved perfection not when there is nothing left to add, but when there is nothing left to take away. Antoine de Saint-Exupery successwritinginspiring It is easy for men to write and talk like philosophers, but to act with wisdom, there is the rub! Antoine Rivarol writingcharactermen They want me to write differently. Certainly I could, but I must not. God has chosen me from thousands and given me, of all people, this talent. It is to Him that I must give account. How then would I stand there before Almighty God, if I followed the others and not Him? Anton Bruckner writinggivingpeople Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. Anton Chekhov moonwritinginspirational It's not a matter of old or new forms; a person writes without thinking about any forms, he writes because it flows freely from his soul. Anton Chekhov soulwritingthinking When describing nature, a writer should seize upon small details, arranging them so that the reader will see an image in his mind after he closes his eyes. For instance: you will capture the truth of a moonlit night if you'll write that a gleam like starlight shone from the pieces of a broken bottle, and then the dark, plump shadow of a dog or wolf appeared. You will bring life to nature only if you don't shrink from similes that liken its activities to those of humankind. Anton Chekhov eyedogwriting My own experience is that once a story has been written, one has to cross out the beginning and the end. It is there that we authors do most of our lying. Anton Chekhov storieswritinglying Cross out as many adjectives and adverbs as you can. ... It is comprehensible when I write: "The man sat on the grass," because it is clear and does not detain one's attention. On the other hand, it is difficult to figure out and hard on the brain if I write: "The tall, narrow-chested man of medium height and with a red beard sat down on the green grass that had already been trampled down by the pedestrians, sat down silently, looking around timidly and fearfully." The brain can't grasp all that at once, and art must be grasped at once, instantaneously. Anton Chekhov writingmenart Try to be original in your play and as clever as possible; but don't be afraid to show yourself foolish; we must have freedom of thinking, and only he is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things. Anton Chekhov cleverwritingthinking If an intelligent, educated, and healthy man begins to complain of his lot and go down-hill, there is nothing for him to do but to go on down until he reaches the bottom--there is no hope for him. Where could my salvation come from? How can I save myself? I cannot drink, because it makes my head ache. I never could write bad poetry. I cannot pray for strength and see anything lofty in the languor of my soul. Laziness is laziness and weakness weakness. I can find no other names for them. I am lost, I am lost; there is no doubt of that. Anton Chekhov intelligentwritingmen He is an emancipated thinker who is not afraid to write foolish things. Anton Chekhov not-afraidfoolishwriting Everything I have written up to now is trifling compared to that which I would like to write and would write with great pleasureEither I am a fool and a self-conceited person, or I am a being capable of becoming a good writer; I am displeased and bored with everything now being written, while everything in my head interests, moves, and excites me-whence I draw the conclusion that no one is doing what is needed, and I alone know the secret of how it should be done. In all likelihood everyone who writes thinks that. In fact, the devil himself will be brought to his knees by these questions. Anton Chekhov conceitedwritingmoving Write only of what is important and eternal. Anton Chekhov eternalimportantwriting Write, write, write-till your fingers break. Anton Chekhov fingersbreakwriting If you say in the first chapter that there is a rifle hanging on the wall, in the second or third chapter it absolutely must go off. If it's not going to be fired, it shouldn't be hanging there. Anton Chekhov rifleswallwriting If you look at anything long enough, say just that wall in front of you - it will come out of that wall. Anton Chekhov wallwritinglong Women writers should write a lot if they want to write. Take the English women, for example. What amazing workers. Anton Chekhov examplewantwriting When men ask me how I know so much about men, they get a simple answer: everything I know about men, I learned from me. Anton Chekhov simplewritingmen To a chemist, nothing on earth is unclean. A writer must be as objective as a chemist; he must abandon the subjective line; he must know that dungheaps play a very respectable part in a landscape, and that evil passions are as inherent in life as good ones. Anton Chekhov passionplaywriting Everyone judges plays as if they were very easy to write. They don't know that it is hard to write a good play, and twice as hardand tortuous to write a bad one. Anton Chekhov judgingplaywriting«99100101102103104105106107108109»
