A critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote. ~Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music the words make. ~Truman Capote, McCall's, November 1967
What I like in a good author is not what he says, but what he whispers.
Be obscure clearly. ~E.B. White
Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. ~William Wordsworth
Ink and paper are sometimes passionate lovers, oftentimes brother and sister, and occasionally mortal enemies. ~Emme Woodhull-Bäche
The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug. ~Mark Twain
I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions. ~James Michener
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