Favorite quotes about writing
Favorite quotes about writing
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My all-time favorite:
"I used to hate writing assignments, but now I enjoy them. I realized that the purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!"
- Calvin (of Calvin and Hobbs)
"I used to hate writing assignments, but now I enjoy them. I realized that the purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure poor reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little practice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!"
- Calvin (of Calvin and Hobbs)





RE: Favorite quotes about writing
http://www.quotationspage.com/subjects/writing/
One of my favorites:
"All of us learn to write in the second grade. Most of us go on to greater things."
Bobby Knight (1940 - )
RE: Favorite quotes about writing
"Nobody understands you in this century unless you swear every other word. You'll find it in all the literature of the era: Jacqueline Susann, the novels of Harrold Robbins." -- Kirk
"Ah, the giants." -- Spock (Star Trek IV)
How about a reader's quote:
"You can't appreciate Shakespeare until you've read him in the original Klingon." -- General Chang (Star Trek VI)
RE: Favorite quotes about writing
"Only Nixon could go to China." --Spock
RE: Favorite quotes about writing
--Kingsley Amis