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Prose is architecture, not interior decoration.

Ernest Hemingway (via upperrubberboot) —

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I know so many people who want to be writers. But let me tell you, they really don’t want to be writers. They want to have been writers. They wish they had a book in print. They don’t want to go through the work of getting the damn book out. There is a huge difference.

James Michener (via amandaonwriting) —

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yesliketheteenagewitch: I’m pretty sure my bookshelf is the prettiest, most interesting thing in our house.
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What lasts in the reader’s mind is not the phrase but the effect the phrase created: laughter, tears, pain, joy. If the phrase is not affecting the reader, what’s it doing there? Make it do its job or cut it without mercy or remorse.

Isaac Asimov (via amandaonwriting) —

10 months ago / 543 notes
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The best way to have a good idea is to have lots of ideas.

Linus Pauling (via writingquotes) —

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Whatever you describe to another person is also a revelation of who you are and who you think you are. You can not describe anything without betraying your point of view, your aspirations, your fears, your hopes. Everything.

James Baldwin (via ahorton92) —

10 months ago / 2,282 notes
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There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as do exist do not lead through neat critical gardens, various as they are, but through the jungles of self, the world, and of craft.

Jessamyn West (via scribblingsfromadreamer) —

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bookporn: From a bakery in London & Norfolk called Victoria’s Kitchen. “More Book Cupcakes out of the kitchen this morning. These are for a lady celebrating her 60th Birthday, and feature some of the books that have shaped her life, including Christiano Ronlado’s autobiography and Chicken Licken! :)” http://www.facebook.com/victoriaskitchen
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The scariest moment is always just before you start.

Stephen King (via scribblingsfromadreamer) —

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