A classic quote to comfort us all!
The first draft of anything is shit.
– Ernest Hemingway
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Writing Quote
Words can be like X-rays if you use them properly – they’ll go through anything. You read and you’re pierced.
– Aldous Huxley
Writing Quote
Don’t tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.
– Anton Chekhov
Writing Quote
Stories of imagination tend to upset those without one.
– Terry Pratchett
Writing Quote
If there’s a book that you want to read, but it hasn’t been written yet, then you must write it.
-Toni Morrison
Writing Quote
The scariest moment is always just before you start.
Stephen King
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Write what should not be forgotten.
– Isabel Allende
Writing Quote
First, find out what your hero wants, then just follow him!
– Ray Bradbury
Writing Quote
Read, read, read. Read everything – trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You’ll absorb it. Then write. If it is good, you’ll find out. If it’s not, throw it out of the window.
― William Faulkner
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