I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember what it is I wrote down, I spend the time looking for the paper I wrote it down on.

Quote by Beryl Pfizer

Topics: Writing Quotes

If I blow my nose, it gets written all over the world.

If I blow my nose, it gets written all over the world.

Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far...

Looking back, I imagine I was always writing. Twaddle it was too. But better far...

Every piece of writing... starts from what I call a grit... a sight or sound,...

Every piece of writing... starts from what I call a grit... a sight or sound,...

When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way...

When you use words, you're able to keep your mind alive. Writing is my way...

In the Phaedrus, Plato argued that the new arrival of writing would revolutionize culture for...

In the Phaedrus, Plato argued that the new arrival of writing would revolutionize culture for...

The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to...

The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to...

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...

How prudently we proud men compete for nameless graves, while now and then some starveling...

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something...

You don't write because you want to say something, you write because you have something...

Money is only a human invention. I get paid for my work, it's a system...

Money is only a human invention. I get paid for my work, it's a system...

The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way...

The secret of good writing is to say an old thing in a new way...

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

If you do not breathe through writing, if you do not cry out in writing,...

The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than...

The secret of popular writing is never to put more on a given page than...

The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.

The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.

Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their destinations.

Writers and travelers are mesmerized alike by knowing of their destinations.

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When...

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

Observing humans and observing oneself yields a clear-minded starting point for literature.

I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when...

I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when...