Once again, I and my quote file spoil things for everyone else.
Why do people spend years writing a novel when it only takes a few dollars to buy one?
If you can't annoy somebody, there is little point in writing. -- Kingsley Amis
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. -- W. Somerset Maugham
When I have trouble writing fiction, I make it up.
"The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little pratice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!" -- Bill Watterson's Calvin
An "author" is someone who gets his name on books.
A "writer" is someone who simply can't help himself. -- Harlan Ellison
"Many suffer from the incurable disease of writing, and it becomes chronic in their sick minds." -- Juvenal, Satires
Ten years of rejection slips is nature's way of telling you to stop writing. -- R. Geis
Writing is nothing more than a guided dream. -- Jorge Luis Borges
It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous. -- Robert Benchley
"Unlike serial-killer profiling, writing is a lonely and depressing profession..."
"This writing business. Pencils and what-not. Over-rated if you ask me. Silly stuff. Nothing in it." -- Eeyore
I'm always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's very shocking to the system. -- Flannery O'Connor
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.
Why do people spend years writing a novel when it only takes a few dollars to buy one?
If you can't annoy somebody, there is little point in writing. -- Kingsley Amis
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. -- W. Somerset Maugham
When I have trouble writing fiction, I make it up.
"The purpose of writing is to inflate weak ideas, obscure pure reasoning, and inhibit clarity. With a little pratice, writing can be an intimidating and impenetrable fog!" -- Bill Watterson's Calvin
An "author" is someone who gets his name on books.
A "writer" is someone who simply can't help himself. -- Harlan Ellison
"Many suffer from the incurable disease of writing, and it becomes chronic in their sick minds." -- Juvenal, Satires
Ten years of rejection slips is nature's way of telling you to stop writing. -- R. Geis
Writing is nothing more than a guided dream. -- Jorge Luis Borges
It took me fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous. -- Robert Benchley
"Unlike serial-killer profiling, writing is a lonely and depressing profession..."
"This writing business. Pencils and what-not. Over-rated if you ask me. Silly stuff. Nothing in it." -- Eeyore
I'm always highly irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's very shocking to the system. -- Flannery O'Connor
-- Bob
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Then the horns kicked in...
...and my shoes began to squeak.