...Quotes on Reading, Writing @ Literature...

LelaRentaka7

“Writing simply means no dependent clauses, no dangling things, no flashbacks, and keeping the subject near the predicate".

Dr. Seus

LelaRentaka7

“There is no rule on how to write. Sometimes it comes easily and perfectly; sometimes it's like drilling rock and then blasting it out with charges.”
― Ernest Hemingway

LelaRentaka7

“In old days books were written by men of letters and read by the public. Nowadays books are written by the public and read by nobody.”
― Oscar Wilde

LelaRentaka7

“If a writer falls in love with you, you can never die.”
― Mik Everett

LelaRentaka7

“She was a beautiful dreamer. The kind of girl, who kept her head in the clouds, loved above the stars and left regret beneath the earth she walked on.”
― Robert M. Drake

LelaRentaka7

“If I do not write to empty my mind, I go mad.”
― George Gordon Byron

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“What’s writing really about? It’s about trying to take fuller possession of the reality of your life.”
― Ted Hughes

LelaRentaka7

“How do I know what I think until I see what I say?”
― E.M. Forster

LelaRentaka7

“The soul should always stand ajar, ready to welcome the ecstatic experience.”
― Emily Dickinson

LelaRentaka7

"Narrators are not even human - they're sprites.”
― Philip Pullman

bianglala

"There's no better way to inform and expand you mind on a regular basis than to get into the habit of reading good literature."

- Stephen R. Covey (The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change)

bianglala

"Reading is sometimes thought of as a form of escapism, and it’s a common turn of phrase to speak of getting lost in a book. But a book can also be where one finds oneself; and when a reader is grasped and held by a book, reading does not feel like an escape from life so much as it feels like an urgent, crucial dimension of life itself."

- Rebecca Mead

bianglala

"Yes, I read. I have that absurd habit. I like beautiful poems, moving poetry, and all the beyond of that poetry. I am extraordinarily sensitive to those poor, marvelous words left in our dark night by a few men I never knew."

- Louis Aragon -

seribulan

“The greatest gift is a passion for reading. —Elizabeth Hardwick”

bianglala

“To write fiction, one needs a whole series of inspirations about people in an actual environment, and then a whole lot of work on the basis of those inspirations.”

- Aldous Huxley -

bianglala

“There is nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and bleed.”

- Ernest Hemingway -

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“For me, writing is exploration; and most of the time, I’m surprised where the journey takes me.”

- Jack Dann

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“Write. Rewrite. When not writing or rewriting, read. I know of no shortcuts.”

- Larry L. King

bianglala

A good book isn’t written, it’s rewritten.”

- Phyllis A. Whitney

bianglala

“If it sounds like writing, I rewrite it. Or, if proper usage gets in the way, it may have to go. I can’t allow what we learned in English composition to disrupt the sound and rhythm of the narrative.”

- Elmore Leonard