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«The mystery of writing advertisements consists mainly in saying in a few plain words exactly what it is desired to say, precisely as it would be written in a letter or told to an acquaintance.»
«The difficulty of literature is not to write, but to write what you mean»
«The mission of the playwright is to look in his heart and write, to write whatever concerns him at the moment; to write with passion and conviction. Of course the measure of the man will be the measure of the play.»
«The last time somebody said, 'I find I can write much better with a word processor.', I replied, 'They used to say the same thing about drugs.'»
«The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.»
Author: Terry Southern | About: Writing | Keywords: astonish, in writing, shock, worn, worn out
«The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough»
«The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.»
Author: William Styron (Novelist, Writer) | About: Writing | Keywords: product, writing
«The jaws of power are always open to devour, and her arm is always stretched out, if possible, to destroy the freedom of thinking, speaking, and writing»
«The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.»
Author: T.S. Eliot (Critic, Editor, Playwright, Poet) | About: Poets, Writing | Keywords: poets
«The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.»