You must often make erasures if you mean to write what is worthy of being read a second time; and don't labor for the admiration of the crowd, but be content with a few choice readers.
Horace (BC 65-8) Latin lyric poet.
Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) American statesman, scientist and philosopher.
A perfectly healthy sentence, it is true, is extremely rare. For the most part we miss the hue and fragrance of the thought; as if we could be satisfied with the dews of the morning or evening without their colors, or the heavens without their azure.
Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862) American naturalist, poet and philosopher.
Write without pay until somebody offers to pay you. If nobody offers within three years, sawing wood is what you were intended for.
Mark Twain (1835-1910) U.S. humorist, writer, and lecturer.
7 comments:
Quotes, why can't I write one?
Love the quotes, thankfully, I don't have to resort to chopping wood!! LOL
Love the Benjamin Franklin quote. Thanks.
I always like reading these, Linda. It sorta makes it seems as if I'm not crazy! LOL
I love these quotes, Linda.
Here isa good one:
The novel is an event in consciousness. Our aim isn't to copy actuality, but to modify and recreate our sense of it. The novelist is inviting the reader to watch a performance in his own brain~George Buchanan
Quotes, I never remember 'em. Great offering, Linda.
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