I love quotes. Here are a few of my favorites:
Truth is like the sun. You can shut it out, but it ain’t going away. Elvis Presley
I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper. Steve Martin
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. Albert Einstein
If you want to succeed, double your failure rate. Thomas Watson, founder of IBM
The first draft of anything is shit. Ernest Hemingway
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. Thomas Jefferson
Easy reading is damn hard writing. Nathaniel Hawthorne
As to the adjective, when in doubt, strike it out. Mark Twain
To look at a thing is very different from seeing it. Oscar Wilde
A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit. Richard Bach
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is really a large matter—it’s the difference between a lightning bug and the lightning. Mark Twain
It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. Robert Southey
A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him. Edna St. Vincent Millay
I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars. Fred Allen
Don't tell us that old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream. Samuel Clemens
Do something every day that scares you. Eleanor Roosevelt
I think I did pretty well, considering I started out with nothing but a bunch of blank paper. Steve Martin
It’s not that I’m so smart, it’s just that I stay with problems longer. Albert Einstein
If you want to succeed, double your failure rate. Thomas Watson, founder of IBM
The first draft of anything is shit. Ernest Hemingway
I find that the harder I work, the more luck I seem to have. Thomas Jefferson
Easy reading is damn hard writing. Nathaniel Hawthorne
As to the adjective, when in doubt, strike it out. Mark Twain
To look at a thing is very different from seeing it. Oscar Wilde
A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit. Richard Bach
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is really a large matter—it’s the difference between a lightning bug and the lightning. Mark Twain
It is with words as with sunbeams. The more they are condensed, the deeper they burn. Robert Southey
A person who publishes a book willfully appears before the populace with his pants down. If it is a good book nothing can hurt him. If it is a bad book nothing can help him. Edna St. Vincent Millay
I can't understand why a person will take a year to write a novel when he can easily buy one for a few dollars. Fred Allen
Don't tell us that old lady screamed. Bring her on and let her scream. Samuel Clemens
Do something every day that scares you. Eleanor Roosevelt
