Writing Quotes

I feared in my heart that history would not be rewritten. That no matter how many battles we might win, victory would remain forever out of reac

Write your own pulp fiction now that you’re an outlaw.[to Dot]

When you write something down, it’s almost impossible not to put your full attention on it. You can’t write one thing and think another.[Jason 2]

The moving finger writes, and having writ moves on. Nor thy piety, nor pity shall lure it back to cancel half a line. Nor all thy tears wash out a word of it.[Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam]

Some people write words for a living. Others write checks.

It’s not about where, when, or why. It’s about who. I can rewrite the story.

It’s a lot easier to write the truth than it is to say it out loud. Nobody can take writing away from you. Nobody can tell you that you’re wrong, or your words are wrong. Because they’re not. You’re right, and your words are f***ing right. Because they’re yours.

I’ve always hated the expression, “write what you know.” It’s a hall pass for the imagination-impaired. But when your life becomes a twisted mystery, maybe it’s time to lean into it.

I’ll write about fashion. And I’ll sleep with history.

Everything written for women seem to fall into just three categories: ingénues, mothers, or gorgons.

Best stuff I ever wrote.[Vera Keller: What were they like, these letters?]

A man stops writing to his woman for two reasons. Either he’s dead or he’s moved on.