There are a thousand thoughts lying within a man that he does not know till he takes up the pen to write.
-William Makepeace Thackeray
"The History Of Henry Esmond"
Quotations
Writer
Writing is the art of repeating oneself without anyone noticing.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
Most people write so they can remember things; I write to forget.
-Nassim Nicholas Taleb
After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.
-Jean Cocteau
She looked at her hand: Just some hand, holding a cheap pen. Some girls’ hand. She had nothing to do with that hand. Let that hand do whatever it wanted to.
-Cynthia Voigt
"When She Hollers"
Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
-Voltaire
The writer must be playful and serious at the same time.
-W. Somerset Maugham
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
-Cyril Connolly
If the truth is there, bad writing won’t hurt it!
-Alfred Adler
To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make.
-Truman Capote
"Truman Capote: Conversations"
