What a lot we lost when we stopped writing letters. You can't reread a phone call.

Quote by Liz Carpenter

Topics: Writing Quotes

Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening...

Instead of looking at life as a narrowing funnel, we can see it ever widening...

I learned in my four decades in Washington that one person can make a difference.

I learned in my four decades in Washington that one person can make a difference.

I have worked all my life, wanted to work all my life, needed to work...

I have worked all my life, wanted to work all my life, needed to work...

A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.

A major advantage of age is learning to accept people without passing judgment.

Anybody against women, against the ERA, should never be voted into office again.

Anybody against women, against the ERA, should never be voted into office again.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.

I do not literally paint that table, but the emotion it produces upon me.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

The wastebasket is a writer's best friend.

The wastebasket is a writer's best friend.

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

I've given my memoirs far more thought than any of my marriages. You can't divorce...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

The last motive in the world for acquiring vocabulary should be to impress. Words should...

The last motive in the world for acquiring vocabulary should be to impress. Words should...

I love to write. I love it. I mean there's nothin in the world I...

I love to write. I love it. I mean there's nothin in the world I...

Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled....

Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled....

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...

Writing is thinking on paper.

Writing is thinking on paper.

Hard writing makes easy reading.

Hard writing makes easy reading.

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

Writing is like this-you dredge for the poem's meaning the way police dredge for a...

Writing is like this-you dredge for the poem's meaning the way police dredge for a...

I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images.

I write scripts to serve as skeletons awaiting the flesh and sinew of images.