Quotes about Writers

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Your manuscript is both good and original but the parts that are good are not original and the parts that are original — Samuel Johnson
In general, I would think that at present prose writers are much in advance of the poets. In the old days, I read more p — William H. Gass
Don't tell me the moon is shining, show me the glint of light on broken glass. — Bernard Cornwell
If I ask you to think about something, you can decide not to. But if I make you feel something? Now I have your attentio — Lisa Cron, Wired for Story: The Writer's Guide to Using Brain Science to Hook Readers from the Very First Sentence
All writers have their own pet commandments. — Darin Strauss
Writers, you know, are the beggars of Western society. — Octavio Paz