#writ

Appearance blinds, whereas words reveal. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#honesty #oscar-wilde #words #writing #honesty

In my profession it isn’t a question of telling good literature from bad. Really good literature is seldom appreciated in its own day. The best authors die poor, the bad ones make money — it’s always been like that. What do I, an agent, get out of a literary genius who won’t be discovered for another hundred years? I’ll be dead myself then. Successful incompetents are what I need. ↗

— Walter Moers

#writers #writing #dreams

If only these walls could talk…the world would know just how hard it is to tell the truth in a story in which everyone’s a liar. ↗

— Gregg Olsen

#writing #envy

Heinlein's Rules for Writers Rule One: You Must Write Rule Two: Finish What Your Start Rule Three: You Must Refrain From Rewriting, Except to Editorial Order Rule Four: You Must Put Your Story on the Market Rule Five: You Must Keep it on the Market until it has Sold ↗

— Robert A. Heinlein

#marketing

A smart person is not one that knows the answers, but one who knows where to find them... ↗

— William Petersen

#adventure-stories #fiction #fiction-writing #thrillers #unicorns

A novel rough draft is like bread dough; you need to beat the crap out of it for it to rise. ↗

— Chris Baty

#rough-drafts #simile #writing #stress

I wasn't born to cook or clean, but to read and write, if you don't like me the way I am, then go fly a kite. ↗

— Besa Kosova

#writers #writing #cooking

If I do not write to empty my mind, I go mad. ↗

— George Gordon Byron

#madness

Your intuition knows what to write, so get out of the way. ↗

— Ray Bradbury

#intuition

Menulis kembali kenangan masa lalu butuh sebuah keberanian. ↗

— Iwan Setyawan

#writing #autumn