Quotes about writ
writing men thinking
Now, it is very necessary that we should not flinch from seeing what is vile and debasing. There is filth on the floor, and it must be scraped up with the muck rake; and there are times and places where this service is the most needed of all the services that can be performed. But the man who never does anything else, who never thinks or speaks or writes, save of his feats with the muck rake, speedily becomes, not a help but one of the most potent forces for evil ... Theodore Roosevelt
writing men doe
The man who really counts in the world is the doer, not the mere critic -- the man who actually does the work, even if roughly and imperfectly, not the man who only talks or writes about how it ought to be done.
writing people half
A theme that appears repeatedly in the writings of the social critics of the second half of the 20th century is the sense of purposelessness that afflicts many people in modern society. Theodore Kaczynski
writing should theodore
Theodore Dreiser Should ought to write nicer. Theodore Dreiser
writing next pits
Dreiser wanted to write the next great American novel, and his desperation pervades [ Sister Carrie ] like an unsavory pit stain.
writing unconquerable urges
If you have that unconquerable urge to write, nothing will stop you from writing.
writing self long
Cultural criticism finds itself faced with the final stage of the dialectic of culture and barbarism. To write poetry after the holocaust is barbaric. And this corrodes even the knowledge of why it has become impossible to write poetry today. Absolute reification, which presupposed intellectual progress as one of its elements, is now preparing to absorb the mind entirely. Critical intelligence cannot be equal to this challenge as long as it confines itself to self-satisfied contemplation. Theodor Adorno
writing ends
In the end, the writer is not even allowed to live in his writing.
writing men places-to-live
For a man who no longer has a homeland, writing becomes a place to live.
writing poetry auschwitz
Writing poetry after Auschwitz is barbaric.
writing advice doe
Cruising the Internet doesn't count as writing. Neither does answering e-mail. Before you check Twitter & FB and do other similar tasks that get in the way of writing, write first. (I really need to take my own advice here!) Terry McMillan
writing willing
Few writers are willing to admit writing is autobiographical.
writing heart use
Writing is my shelter. I don't hide behind the words; I use them to dig inside my heart to find the truth.
writing feels i-can
Writing is the only place I can be myself and not feel judged.
writing punctuation wonderful
Let grammar, punctuation, and spelling into your life! Even the most energetic and wonderful mess has to be turned into sentences. Terry Pratchett
writing bangs sides
I have to write because if I don't get something down then after a while I feel it's going to bang the side of my head off.
writing class ideas
In passing, we should here recognize the difficulties presented by the idea of 'fit' and 'unfit.' Who is to decide this question? The grosser, the more obvious, the undeniably feeble-minded should, indeed, not only be discouraged but prevented from propagating their kind. But among the writings of the representative Eugenists [sic], one cannot ignore the distinct middle-class bias that prevails. Margaret Sanger
writing ease
I do not write with ease, nor am I ever pleased with anything I write. And so I rewrite. Margaret Mitchell
writing asking-questions people
Wonder is very important, because if we never wondered, we would never get to the point of asking questions. Yet wonder may lead people to write poetry or to paint pictures or to pray, as well as to ask the kinds of questions about the world and themselves that can be answered by science. Margaret Mead
writing long firsts
Sometimes I can spend as long revising a manuscript as I spent writing it in the first place. Margaret Haddix
writing trying third-grade
I started trying to write when I was in second or third grade.
writing wells bad-things
When writing isn't going well-then the bad thing about being a writer is that I also have the freedom and flexibility to do something badly, and no one else can fix it for me.
writing hours scene
To one who has enjoyed the full life of any scene, of any hour, what thoughts can be recorded about it seem like the commas and semicolons in the paragraph-mere stops. Margaret Fuller
writing criticism use
The use of criticism, in periodical writing, is to sift, not to stamp a work.
writing saws half
I did not write half of what I saw, for I knew I would not be believed Marco Polo
writing adventure thinking
I moved from New Zealand to Melbourne when I was 17. I'd planned to go to university to study French, but I was offered a contract to write and record an album that was too good to pass up. Looking back now I think that was pretty young but, at the time, I was ready to have an adventure. Kimbra
writing might scared
I haven't stopped writing which is good. I'm scared to stop completely otherwise it might lead to stagnancy.
writing phones intimate-conversation
I'm much more into old-world, intimate conversations on the phone. I like to write letters. Kimora Lee Simmons
writing recommendations hardest
The hardest thing is writing a recommendation for someone we know. Kin Hubbard
writing self loathing
I procrastinate to a point where I'm filled with self-loathing and then I start writing. It's usually a state of self-loathing that gets me going. Michael Lewis
writing thinking careers
When you're trying to create a career as a writer, a little delusional thinking goes a long way.
writing poetic-license amount
I write autobiographically, although I apply liberal amounts of poetic license. Michael Franks
writing fighting voice
When you're writing you're constantly fighting demons to sit down and do what you do. If you listen to the voices outside your head, in addition to the ones inside your head, you'll never get anything done. There's enough inner strife. Melissa Rosenberg