Quotes by Writing To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking. Arnold Bennett oneselfechoeswriting One of the least impressive liberties is the liberty to starve. This particular liberty is freely accorded to authors. Arnold Goodman, Baron Goodman impressivelibertywriting Write regularly, day in and day out, at whatever times of day you find that you write best. Don't wait till you feel that you are in the mood. Write, whether you are feeling inclined to write or not. Arnold J. Toynbee waitingfeelingswriting Composing is a slowed-down improvisation; often one cannot write fast enough to keep up with the stream of ideas. Arnold Schoenberg enoughwritingideas I owe very, very much to Mozart; and if one studies, for instance, the way in which I write for string quartet, then one cannot deny that I have learned this directly from Mozart. And I am proud of it! Arnold Schoenberg proudwritingway The writing is important, but the way you say the line and the pause you give it, the facial expression - all of that is very important. Arnold Schwarzenegger expressionwritinginspirational For 20 years, Simon & Schuster asked me, 'Why don't you write your autobiography?' Arnold Schwarzenegger autobiographywritingyears I stopped dying the moment I started writing Arnon Grunberg momentsdyingwriting I'm working when I'm fighting with my wife. I constantly ask myself-how can I use this stuff to literary advantage. Art Buchwald wifefightingwriting The most important thing about writing a book is having book parties. Art Buchwald partywritingbook Just when you think there's nothing to write about, Nixon says, "I am not a crook." Jimmy Carter says, "I have lusted after women in my heart." President Reagan says, "I have just taken a urinalysis test, and I am not on dope." Art Buchwald takenheartwriting When it came to writing about wine, I did what almost everybody does - faked it Art Buchwald funny-winewinewriting Writing humor in my column isn't as dangerous as performing it. If I fail in front of a live audience, the humiliation is as great as anything a human being can suffer. Art Buchwald failingsufferingwriting A writer who can't write in a grammerly manner better shut up shop. Artemas Ward grammarshut-upwriting Everything happens as though I were only one of the particular existences of some great incomprehensible and central being.... Sometimes this great totality of life appears to me so dramatically beautiful that it plunges me into ecstasy. But more often it seems like a monstrous beast that penetrates and surpasses me and which is everywhere, within me and outside me.... And terror grips and envelops me more powerfully from moment to moment.... My only way out is to write, to make others aware of it, so as not to have to feel all of it alone, to get rid of however small a portion of it. Arthur Adamov writingbeautifullife I've always liked the classic "young adult" writers like Mark Twain, Jack London, Roald Dahl, Charles Dickens. They write so clearly, and they know how to entertain. Arthur Bradford londonadultswriting I'm not very disciplined. I tend to write late at night because I get distracted during the day. Arthur Bradford latewritingnight I write most of my first drafts on an old manual typewriter, a really old one. It's a big black metal "Woodstock" from about 1920. I try to write everything down at once, in one sitting. The longer stories in this collection are divided up into sections. Each section represents a different sitting, a different idea for the same story. Arthur Bradford typewriterswritingideas I never really set out to research any of these stories. I try to lead an interesting life though. I guess the closest I came to research was when I applied to work at the state mental institution in Austin, TX. I wanted to work the night shift like Ken Kesey did when he wrote One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest. I thought that might inspire me to write a book that great. Arthur Bradford writingnightbook I have two dogs myself and they are always around when I write, so they tend to creep in there. Arthur Bradford dogwritingtwo«105106107108109110111112113114115»
