“Don’t loaf and invite inspiration; light out after it with a club, and if you don’t get it you will[…]
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Quote: Edgar Rice Burroughs
A wholesaler of pencil-sharpeners, Edgar Rice Burroughs knew nothing of writing when he penned his first story…
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Quote: Gustave Flaubert
Gustave Flaubert’s letters are considered one of the finest bodies of letters in French literature.
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Paraprosdokian
According to Groucho Marx, “Time flies like the wind, but fruit flies like bananas.” Marx was a master of paraprosdokian;[…]
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5 Quotes from Ian Rankin
Ian Rankin is author of 21 Inspector Rebus novels along with 20 others. He’s also written plays, graphic novels, short[…]
Read moreJ K Rowling on rejection slips (and more!)
A fascinating interview with J K Rowling (AKA Robert Galbraith) in The Guardian. J K Rowling on rejection slips: …[…]
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Readers and writers have the exact same goal
“Readers and writers have the exact same goal. We want to lose ourselves in story for a few hours. Readers[…]
Read more17 quotes about writing
Easy reading is damned hard writing. Nathaniel Hawthorne …I have this one nasty habit. Makes me hard to live with.[…]
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