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Quotes on writing from published authors.


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Ernest Hemingway

"There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed."



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Anton Chekhov

"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass."



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Neil Gaiman

"Remember: when people tell you something's wrong or doesn't work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always wrong."



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John Steinbeck

"If you are using dialogue—say it aloud as you write it. Only then will it have the sound of speech."



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F. Scott Fitzgerald

"Cut out all those exclamation marks. An exclamation mark is like laughing at your own joke."



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^That's hilarious.

Harper Lee

“The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.”

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Sure, except i love laughing at my own jokes! Its a good point though that is a piece of advice I should probably take.