Literary Quotes
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
“This is the practice school of writing. Like running, the more you do it, the better you get at it…You practice whether you want to or not. You just do it.” Natalie Goldberg, Writing Down the Bones
“You learn to write by writing.” William Zinsser, On Writing Well