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    Writer's block.. when one curses the blinking cursor
    on the blank page
    (Regina Brett has written regular columns for 2 Ohio papers).

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Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original, and the part that read more

Your manuscript is both good and original, but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good.

by Samuel Johnson Found in: Writer Quotes,
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Neither man nor God is going to tell me what to write.

Neither man nor God is going to tell me what to write.

by James T. Farrell Found in: Writer Quotes,
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You become a better writer by writing. You become a better travel writer by writing about travel.

You become a better writer by writing. You become a better travel writer by writing about travel.

by Tim Cahill Found in: Writer Quotes,
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Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book.

by Ralph Waldo Emerson Found in: Writer Quotes,
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A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or read more

A serious writer is not to be confounded with a solemn writer. A serious writer may be a hawk or a buzzard or even a popinjay, but a solemn writer is always a bloody owl.

by Ernest Hemingway Found in: Writer Quotes,
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To write beautifully, is to inscribe thoughts on paper in a flowing, imaginative way. With aspirations to intrigue and inform; read more

To write beautifully, is to inscribe thoughts on paper in a flowing, imaginative way. With aspirations to intrigue and inform; its truly an art on paper, filled with emotion and thought in a smooth aesthetically brilliant way...

by Paul Acquasanta Found in: Writer Quotes,
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You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences.

You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down your sentences.

by Anatole France Found in: Writer Quotes,
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When a writer admits that he has an affection for something which he has written, it is high time to read more

When a writer admits that he has an affection for something which he has written, it is high time to pray for his soul.

by Dornford Yates Found in: Writer Quotes,
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The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

The best author will be the one who is ashamed to become a writer.

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Writer Quotes,
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