Quotations
Writer

Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
- Voltaire

Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
- Cyril Connolly

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 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

If the truth is there, bad writing won’t hurt it!
- Alfred Adler

A great writer reveals the truth even when he or she does not wish to.
- Tom Bissell

Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope to, some day, find something to say.
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the music the words make.
- Truman Capote

A good head and good heart are always a formidable combination. But when you add to that a literate tongue or pen, then you have something very special.
- Nelson Mandela

Most people write so they can remember things; I write to forget.
- Nassim Nicholas Taleb

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