If you write enough, you begin to learn to do things. But in a way, you do start from zero each time. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes begin learn start
There is no real beauty without some slight imperfection. James Salter beautyimperfectionreal Change image and share on social
The notion that anything can be invented wholly and that these invented things are classified as 'fiction' and that other writing, presumably not made up, is called 'nonfiction' strikes me as a very arbitrary separation of things. James Salter arbitrarycallclassify share on social
I write in longhand. I am accustomed to that proximity, that feel of writing. Then I sit down and type. James Salter accustomfeellonghand Change image and share on social
If I'm serious, yes, I'd like to have done what Shakespeare did... to act and write. You learn so much from acting. One of our great writers, Alan Bennett, does both supremely well. When I write a story, I tend to speak it aloud as I'm writing it. Michael Morpurgo actalanaloud share on social
It is hardly surprising that women concentrate on the way they look instead of what is in their minds since not much has been put in their minds to begin with. Mary Shelley beginconcentratemind Change image and share on social
When I got sober, I thought giving up was saying goodbye to all the fun and all the sparkle, and it turned out to be just the opposite. That's when the sparkle started for me. Mary Karr fungivegoodbye Change image and share on social