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The following is a collection of random quotes about writing and the writing life. If you have a quote you would like to add, please submit it to the Sierra Writers webmaster.
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The freelance writer is the person who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps. — Robert Benchley
There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are. — Somerset Maugham
Easy reading is damn hard writing. — Maya Angelou
Why shouldn’t truth be stranger than fiction? Fiction, after all, has to make sense. — Mark Twain
I write when I’m inspired, and I see to it that I’m inspired at nine o’clock every morning. — Peter de Vries
You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.— Jack London
The difference between the right word and almost the right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. — Mark Twain