#writ

Today, there are more opportunities for writers in terms of access to larger success, but it's more difficult to publish a literary novel in the lower ranges. In other words, you almost have to hit a home run. You can hit a triple, maybe, but nobody's interested in a single. ↗

— James Lee Burke

#almost #difficult #hit #home #home run

I love the writing. I love the idea of typing and seeing it on the computer and printing it out myself and, you know, moving sentences around. I like that. ↗

— Carol Burnett

#computer #i #i love #idea #know

I have learned that any fool can write a bad ad, but that it takes a real genius to keep his hands off a good one. ↗

— Leo Burnett

#any #bad #fool #genius #good

I want to write songs and play them for people - live. ↗

— T-Bone Burnett

#live #people #play #songs #them

The United States is a nation of laws: badly written and randomly enforced. ↗

— Frank Zappa

#enforced #laws #nation #randomly #states

This is the sixth book I've written, which isn't bad for a guy who's only read two. ↗

— George Burns

#book #guy #i #only #read

It's really hard to say how long the show will last and will continue. I hope it lasts for a very long time. As long as kids watch it, anyway. But beyond this, sure, I would love to be doing film. I'd love to be doing more theater and perhaps even writing. ↗

— Steve Burns

#beyond #continue #doing #even #film

As a writer, you can't allow yourself the luxury of being discouraged and giving up when you are rejected, either by agents or publishers. You absolutely must plow forward. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#agents #allow #being #discouraged #either

But I can also write in crappy motel rooms, while standing in line, or sitting in the dentist's chair. ↗

— Augusten Burroughs

#chair #crappy #dentist #i #i can

In my writing I am acting as a map maker, an explorer of psychic areas, a cosmonaut of inner space, and I see no point in exploring areas that have already been thoroughly surveyed. ↗

— William S. Burroughs

#already #am #areas #been #explorer