"Writer’s Haven of Quotations"
Writer’s Haven of Quotations
By:Gen1900
- “Words form the thread on which we string our experiences. ” – Aldous Huxley
- “The secret of all good writing is sound judgment ” – Horace
- “The fact that many people should be shocked by what he writes practically imposes it as a duty upon the write to go on shocking them. ” -Aldous Huxley
- “True ease in writing comes from art, not chance/ As those move easiest who have learned to dance. ” – Alexander Pope
- “To make a book is as much a trade as to make a clock; something more than intelligence is required to become an author. ” – La Bruyere
- “Your business as a writer is not to illustrate virtue but to show how a fellow may move toward it or away from it. ” – Robert Penn Warren
- ” No man would set a word down on paper if he had the courage to live out what he believed in. ” – Henry Miller
- “The pen is the tongue of the hand-silent utter of words for the eye. ” – Henry Ward Beecher
- “A writer who can’t write in a grammerly manner better shut up shop. ” – Logan Pearsall Smith.
- “Style is a magic wand that turns words of black ink into gold masterpieces. ” – Gen1900
- “Books, like proverbs, receive their chief value from the stamp and esteem of ages through which they have passed. ” – Sir William Temple
- “The reading of all good books is like conversation with the finest men of past centuries. ” – Descartes
- “Publishers are usually not very intelligent, or they might be intelligent, but it’s usually hard to tell. Publishers don’t publish a lot of fine books they should publish. ” – Unknown
- ” Success with a pen happens to those who persevere and who keep improving the words that they write. ” – Gen1900
- “No one knows what he can do till he tries. ” – Publilius Syrus (B.C.)
- “Eloquence lies as much in the tone of the voice, in the eyes, and in the speaker’s manner, as in his choice of words. ” – La Rochefoucauld
- “When we do the best that we can, we never know what miracle is wrought in our life, or in the life of another. ” – Helen Keller
- “All great poetry gives the illusion of a view of life. ” – T.S. Elliot
- “Poetry should be great and unobtrusive, a thing which enters into one’s soul, and does not startle it or amaze it with itself but with its subject. ” – John Keats
- ” The great poet draws his creations only from out of his own reality. ” – Nietzsche
- “A poet’s pleasure is to withhold a little of his meaning, to intensify by mystification. He unzips the veil from beauty, but does not remove it. ” – E.B. White
- “Be wise;/ Soar not too high to fall; but stoop to rise. ” – Philip Massinger
- “He who writes humorous stories either makes a person smile, or brings happy tears to his eyes. ” – Gen1900
- “If you put all your effort into something, you’ll likely win in the end. Never stop trying. ” – Gen1900
- “Just as the painter thinks with his brush and paints, the novelist thinks with his story.” – W. Somerset Maugham
Journalistic Writing
I really like the first three quotes, as well as the ones about poetry. Writing is truly an art. Not everyone can master it. The only way a writer can improve on on their writing is to simply keep on writing, and the same goes for an artist. I also really like the motivational quotes, like the second one from the bottom by Gen1900. I am in full agreement of such way of life. Thank you for sharing these quotes!