If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves.

Quote by Lillian Hellman

Topics: Advice Quotes, Writing Quotes

No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about...

No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about...

The past, with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each...

The past, with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each...

People change and forget to tell each other.

People change and forget to tell each other.

We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in...

We are a people who do not want to keep much of the past in...

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

My father was often angry when I was most like him.

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.

Truth made you a traitor as it often does in a time of scoundrels.

Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

Since when do we have to agree with people to defend them from injustice?

It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or...

It's a sad day when you find out that it's not accident or time or...

He who fails to plan, plans to fail

He who fails to plan, plans to fail

Success and failure. We think of them as opposites, but they're really not. They're companions...

Success and failure. We think of them as opposites, but they're really not. They're companions...

Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses...

Christians should never fail to sense the operation of an angelic glory. It forever eclipses...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

For everything you have missed, you have gained something else, and for everything you gain,...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

I'm proof against that word failure. I've seen behind it. The only failure a man...

Losers are always in the wrong

Losers are always in the wrong

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Often the difference between a successful person and a failure is not one has better...

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith

Doubt is not the opposite of faith; it is one element of faith

An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his...

An inventor fails 999 times, and if he succeeds once, he's in. He treats his...

There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.

There's no such thing as failure - just waiting for success.

I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you...

I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you...

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a...

Failure is not a single, cataclysmic event. You don't fail overnight. Instead, failure is a...

It is usually more important how a man meets his fate than what it is.

It is usually more important how a man meets his fate than what it is.

Solitude is essentially the discovery and acceptance of our uniqueness.

Solitude is essentially the discovery and acceptance of our uniqueness.

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view...

One of the great penalties those of us who live our lives in full view...