The writing is on the wall. Here is a collection of proverbs and quotes about writing and writers.
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A painter's got a canvas. The writer's got reams of empty paper. A musician has silence.
Keith RichardsAn oral agreement isn't worth the paper it's written on.
(unknown author)Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart.
William WordsworthFind enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare.
George Bernard ShawI can shake off everything as I write; my sorrows disappear, my courage is reborn.
Anne FrankI can't write, I can't paint, but I can hike!
(unknown author)I don't need no walls around me.
And I don't need no drugs to calm me.
I have seen the writing on the wall.
Don't think I need any thing at all.
Pink FloydAnd I don't need no drugs to calm me.
I have seen the writing on the wall.
Don't think I need any thing at all.
Source: Lyrics: Another Brick in the Wall
I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.
Robert Louis StevensonI know how to spell banana, but I don't know when to stop.
(unknown author)I love words.
Richard DawkinsI thought up an ending for my book. "And he lives happily ever after, till the end of his days."
J.R.R. TolkienSource: The Lord of the Rings
Quoted: Bilbo
Quote from the movie
I try to leave out the parts that people skip.
Elmore LeonardIf there's a book you really want to read, but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write it.
Toni MorrisonNever write a letter while you are angry.
New Year – a new chapter, new verse, or just the same old story? Ultimately we write it. The choice is ours.
Alex MorrittProofread carefully to see if you any words out.
Dave BarryReading stories is bad enough but writing them is worse.
Lucy Maud MontgomerySource: Anne of Green Gables
Tears are words that need to be written.
Paulo CoelhoThe best time for planning a book is while you're doing the dishes.
Agatha ChristieThe biggest lie I tell myself is ... "I don't need to write that down, I'll remember it."
(unknown author)The desire to write grows with writing.
Desiderius ErasmusThe illiterate of the 21st century will not be those who cannot read and write, but those who cannot learn, unlearn, and relearn.
Alvin TofflerThe learned fool writes his nonsense in better language than the unlearned, but it is still nonsense.
Benjamin FranklinThe new year stands before us, like a chapter in a book, waiting to be written. We can help write that story by setting goals.
Melody BeattieThe pen is mightier than the sword.
Convincing people with words and ideas is more effective than forcing them to do what you want.The pen is the tongue of the mind.
HoraceThe profession of book writing makes horse racing seem like a solid, stable business.
John SteinbeckThe writing on the wall.
A sign of doom or misfortune.Trees are poems that earth writes upon the sky,
We fell them down and turn them into paper,
That we may record our emptiness.
Kahlil GibranWe fell them down and turn them into paper,
That we may record our emptiness.
Unfortunately, creative people are at their most creative when writing their autobiographies.
Steven PinkerSource: How the Mind Works