5 Quotes Tagged: writers-quotes

There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what he says, but to go off with him and travel in his company.

Very few authors, especially the unpublished, can resist an invitation to read aloud.

you don't have to be great to get started but you have to to get started to be great

...But...to sing,
to dream, to smile, to walk, to be alone, be free,
with a voice that stirs and an eye that still can see!
To cock your hat to one side, when you please
at a yes, a no, to fight, or- make poetry!
To work without a thought of fame or fortune,
on that journey, that you dream of, to the moon!
Never to write a line that's not your own...