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The spring day lasts
a little longer
around water
~ Issa

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May 7, 2013

"Here is a lesson in creative writing.
First rule: Do not use semicolons. They are transvestite hermaphrodites representing absolutely nothing. All they do is show you’ve been to college."

— Kurt Vonnegut

7:00pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/Zv4pbykTXKKf

(Notes: 6)

April 16, 2013

"Everything you look at can become a fairy tale and you can get a story from everything you touch."

— Hans Christian Andersen

(via kdecember)

7:48pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/Zv4pbyisNU1K

(Notes: 753)

Filed under: quote writing

April 7, 2013

"A certain ruthlessness and a sense of alienation from society is as essential to creative writing as it is to armed robbery."

— NELSON ALGREN

11:00am | URL: http://tmblr.co/Zv4pbyi7NDCE

Filed under: writing quote

March 29, 2013

"Everywhere I go I’m asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is that they don’t stifle enough of them. There’s many a best-seller that could have been prevented by a good teacher."

— Flannery O’Connor

7:15pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/Zv4pbyhRKpZ3

(Notes: 6)

Filed under: quote writing university college teaching

March 9, 2013

I write very quickly; I rewrite very slowly. It takes me nearly as long to rewrite a book as it does to get the first draft.

I’ve always preferred writing in longhand. I’ve always written first drafts in longhand.

The building of the architecture of a novel – the craft of it – is something I never tire of.

— JOHN IRVING

7:12pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/Zv4pbyfu-dL5

Filed under: john+irving writing quote

March 8, 2013

"Along the (writing) way accidents happen, detours get taken… But these are not “divine” accidents; I don’t believe in those. I believe you have constructive accidents en route through a novel only because you have mapped a clear way. If you have confidence that you have a clear direction to take, you always have confidence to explore other ways; if they prove to be mere digressions, you’ll recognize that and make the necessary revisions."

— John Irving

9:36pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/Zv4pbyfqfEc6

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March 7, 2013

"I am compulsive about writing, I need to do it the way I need sleep and exercise and food and sex; I can go without it for a while, but then I need it."

— John Irving

4:48pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/Zv4pbyfkmy5a

(Notes: 9)

Filed under: quote writing john irving

March 2, 2013

“You’ve got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.” - John Irving

Birthday boy (March 2, 1942) novelist John Irving is still passing the open windows on this, his 71st birthday.

I don’t feel anything about me as a kid was unique. Except that I had more interest in being alone and using my imagination.

The way you define yourself as a writer is that you write every time you have a free minute. If you didn’t behave that way you would never do anything.

(Source: amandaonwriting)

4:45pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/Zv4pbyfMSmZk

(Notes: 47)

Filed under: john irving birthday quote writing

February 22, 2013

"Don’t get it right, get it written."

— James Thurber

2:24pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/Zv4pbyel0fCQ

(Notes: 2)

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February 21, 2013

"The thing about being a writer is that you never have to ask, ‘Am I doing something that’s worthwhile?’ Because even if you fail at it, you know that it’s worth doing."

— Richard Ford

2:24pm | URL: http://tmblr.co/Zv4pbyegJRig

(Notes: 1)

Filed under: writing quote

January 20, 2013