Quotations
Writer
Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
- Voltaire
Writing is the art of repeating oneself without anyone noticing.
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
If the truth is there, bad writing won’t hurt it!
- Alfred Adler
Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope to, some day, find something to say.
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb
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 writer may very well serve a movement of history as its mouthpiece, but he cannot of course create it.
- Karl Marx
If a writer knows enough about what he is writing about, he may omit things that he knows. The dignity of movement of an iceberg is due to only one ninth of it being above water.
- Ernest Hemingway
Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
- Cyril Connolly
A great writer reveals the truth even when he or she does not wish to.
- Tom Bissell
The writer must earn money in order to be able to live and to write, but he must by no means live and write for the purpose of making money.
- Karl Marx
Subscribe to our Newsletter
Note: Your personal data will be used by Simply Knowledge for the purpose of providing you with the Newsletter service, which you have specifically requested.
Your data are safe with Simply Knowledge
Login
Enter your e-mail and password to access account
New Users Register
Register to enjoy the benefits of Simply Knowledge.

