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Letter "W" » Writing
«To write is to become disinterested. There is a certain renunciation in art.»
Author: Anthony Burgess
(Critic, Man of letter, Novelist)
| About:
Writing
| Keywords:
disinterested, renunciation
«To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write is to write»
«To produce a mighty book, you must choose a mighty theme. No great and enduring volume can ever be written on the flea, though many there be that have tried it.»
«To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music that words make.»
Author: Truman Capote
(Novelist, Playwright, Writer)
| About:
Writing
| Keywords:
inner, written word
«Volumes might be written upon the impiety of the pious»
Author: Herbert Spencer
(Philosopher)
| About:
Writing
| Keywords:
impieties, impiety, pious, volumes
«To write a good love letter, you ought to begin without knowing what you mean to say, and to finish without knowing what you have written. Jean-Jacques Rousseau»
Author: Jean-Jacques Rousseau
| About:
Writing
| Keywords:
finish, Jacques, jean, Jean Jacques, Jean Jacques Rousseau, Rousseau
«To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same time it suggests a multitude of distant and totally unexpected thoughts»
Author: Paul Valery
(Critic, Essayist, Poet)
| About:
Poetry,
Writing
| Keywords:
infinite number, Verses
«To write simply is as difficult as to be good»
«To be a well-favored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read comes by nature»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Fortune,
Gifts,
Nature,
Reading,
Writing
| Keywords:
by nature, favored, well-favored
«To be a well-flavored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read comes by nature.»
Author: William Shakespeare
(Dramatist, Playwright, Poet)
| About:
Fortune,
Gifts,
Nature,
Writing
| Keywords:
by nature, flavored
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