Quotes by Writing Do you call it doubting to write down on a piece of paper that you doubt? If so, doubt has nothing to do with any serious business. But do not make believe; if pedantry has not eaten all the reality out of you, recognize, as you must, that there is much that you do not doubt, in the least. Now that which you do not at all doubt, you must and do regard as infallible, absolute truth. Charles Sanders Peirce writingbelievereality Here in the United States, we speak with reverence of authentic experience. We write poems about our daddies taking us fishing and breaking our hearts by making us throw the little fish back into the river. We even tell the reader the kind of car we were driving, the year and the model, to give the impression that it’s all true. It’s because we think of ourselves as journalists of a kind. Like them, we’ll go anywhere for a story. Don’t believe a word of it. As any poet can tell you, one often sees better with eyes closed than with eyes wide open. Charles Simic eyewritingbelieve One writes because one has been touched by the yearning for and the despair of ever touching the Other. Charles Simic despairtouchingwriting The poem I want to write is impossible. A stone that floats. Charles Simic stoneswantwriting Us writers all like each other and want to write stories with each other; we're having a good time. Charles Soule storieswantwriting Doth not all nature around me praise God? If I were silent, I should be an exception to the universe. Doth not the thunder praise Him as it rolls like drums in the march of the God of armies? Do not the mountains praise Him when the woods upon their summits wave in adoration? Doth not the lightning write His name in letters of fire? Hath not the whole earth a voice? And shall I, can I, silent be? Charles Spurgeon armyfirewriting We are too prone to engrave our trials in marble and write our blessings in sand. Charles Spurgeon trialsblessingwriting There is dust enough on some of your Bibles to write 'damnation' with your fingers. Charles Spurgeon damnationdustwriting May your character not be a writing upon the sand, but an inscription upon the rock! Charles Spurgeon rockswritingcharacter Too many people write their blessings in the sand but engrave their sorrows in marble Charles Spurgeon blessingwritingpeople Every promise of Scripture is a writing of God, which may be pleaded before Him with this reasonable request, 'Do as Thou hast said.' The Heavenly Father will not break His Word to His own child. Charles Spurgeon writingfatherchildren When a mortal man speaks anything of that eternal blessedness of the saints in glory, he is like a blind man discoursing about the light which he has never seen, and so cannot distinctly speak anything concerning it. He also said that "In a way it is akin to a man writing a travel guide for a land he has never visited or seen. It is to attempt to describe the indescribable with words which cannot come close to expressing the glory of heaven. Charles Spurgeon lightwritingmen God writes with a pen that never blots, speaks with a tongue that never slips, acts with a hand that never fails Charles Spurgeon tonguewritinghands Writing novels takes up about 100% of my available working time. Charles Stross availablenovelwriting Fiction is about human beings, first and foremost. (It's not impossible to write fiction with no human protagonists, but it's very hard to keep the reader interested ...) Charles Stross writingfictionfirsts If an idea is compelling enough it'll stick in my head until I am forced to write it. If it's forgettable, who cares? Charles Stross who-careswritingideas For someone who is starting out on developing their critical skills, just being aware of its existence is great: it can make the difference between trying to write a story around a cliche or an original idea, and better still, studying it can eventually clue you in on how to breathe new life into tired tropes. Charles Stross tiredskillswriting I like lassic British spy thrillers. Seriously. If the cold war was still on, that's something I'd be writing. Charles Stross spywritingwar When I do get to chow down on a book, I try to read ones that are nothing like what I'm writing. So, as I'm currently working on a space opera (of sorts) I'm mostly indulging in urban fantasy. Charles Stross spacewritingbook What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation - especially the challenging stuff. It's too much like the day job. Charles Stross readingwritingjobs«221222223224225226227228229230231»
