Some Great Quotes About Writing-

     Sometimes it's encouraging and satisfying to read the thoughts and advice of other writers. I am sure many of us can relate to a few (perhaps all) of the following quotes taken from an online article by Zachary Petit , an award-winning journalist, the senior managing editor of Writer’s Digest Magazine.
 

 “Just write every day of your life. Read intensely. Then see what happens. Most of my friends who are put on that diet have very pleasant careers.”
—Ray Bradbury, WD

 “Write. Rewrite. When not writing or rewriting, read. I know of no shortcuts.”
—Larry L. King, WD

 “We are all apprentices in a craft where no one ever becomes a master.”
—Ernest Hemingway

 “I don’t care if a reader hates one of my stories, just as long as he finishes the book.”
—Roald Dahl, WD

 “The road to hell is paved with adverbs.”
—Stephen King

 “The greatest part of a writer’s time is spent in reading, in order to write; a man will turn over half a library to make one book.”
—Samuel Johnson

 “If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can’t allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative.”
—Elmore Leonard

 “I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.”
—Harper Lee, WD

 

 “Keep a small can of WD-40 on your desk—away from any open flames—to remind yourself that if you don’t write daily, you will get rusty.”
—George Singleton                                            

“The difference between the almost right word and the right word is … the difference between the lightning bug and the lightning.”
—Mark Twain

 “Plot is people. Human emotions and desires founded on the realities of life, working at cross purposes, getting hotter and fiercer as they strike against each other until finally there’s an explosion—that’s Plot.”
—Leigh Brackett, WD