Quotes about Christmas — Charles Dickens
‘I will honour Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year. I will live in the Past, the Present, and the Future. The Spirits of all … Continue reading
LEONARD COHEN Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes)
“As our eyes grow accustomed to sight they armour themselves against wonder.” Leonard Cohen photo credit: Shootingsnow via photopin cc A new song he performed in Dublin in September
RESPECT WORDS, WORDS, WORDS…Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes)
Every word is unique Respect words, be they printed or spoken Complex or simple, extravagant or lowly The manner in which they are delivered Speaks of us. HENRY PLUCKROSE in … Continue reading
The one paragraph every writer should cut… Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes)
The editors I had at The New Yorker quietly helped me in peculiar, small ways. One thing they taught me was the value of cutting out the last paragraph of … Continue reading
Who needs quotation marks?
Well, the writer of this sign didn’t need them and Cormac McCarthy, author of the The Road and No Country for Old Men, never uses them. He believes in the … Continue reading
Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes) Bernard MacLaverty defines the short story
A short story is like a good dram, as opposed to a pint – Bernard MacLaverty Listen to the Belfast novelist and short story writer define the short story on … Continue reading
Getting pigeon-holed by Dragons – TERRY PRATCHETT Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes)
We categorize too much on the basis of unreliable assumption. A literary novel written by Brian Aldiss must be science fiction, because he is a known science fiction writer; a … Continue reading
Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes) Isabel Allende on why English is the best language for writers
I try to write beautifully, but accessibly. In the romance languages, Spanish, French, Italian, there’s a flowery way of saying things that does not exist in English. My husband says … Continue reading
Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes) writers and icebergs
If a writer of prose knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows… The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to … Continue reading
Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes) Ian Fleming on a by-product of writing
What are the rewards of writing? First of all, they are financial. You don’t make a great deal of money from royalties and translation rights and so forth and, unless … Continue reading
Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes) William Salfire on cliches, superlatives and other misdemeanours
Do not put statements in the negative form. And don’t start sentences with a conjunction. If you reread your work, you will find on rereading that a great deal of … Continue reading
Quotes for Writers (and people who like quotes) Philip Pullman on what back to basics really means
We often hear politicians talks about the basics, by which they mean the ability to spell correctly and write grammatically. But that’s not basic at all. You can correct that … Continue reading
Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes) ALICE MUNRO
There are no such things as big and little subjects. The major things, the evils, that exist in the world have a direct relationship to the evil that exists around … Continue reading
Quotes for writers (and people who like quotes) WRITERS AND MONEY
Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. Jules Renard photo credit: @Doug88888 via photopin cc
BRIDGET WHELAN writer 