The narrative was too constricted; it was like a fetus strangling on its own umbilical cord.

Quote by John Gregory Dunne

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Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

What a writer brings to any story is an attitude

What a writer brings to any story is an attitude

Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

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...

If the truth is there, bad writing won't hurt it !

If the truth is there, bad writing won't hurt it !

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands...

The Chinese use two brush strokes to write the word 'crisis.' One brush stroke stands...

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

Good writers borrow from other writers. Great writers steal from them outright.

Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper...

Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper...

I began to ration my writing, for fear I would dream through life as my...

I began to ration my writing, for fear I would dream through life as my...

Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary.

Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary.

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to...

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to...

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet,...

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet,...

Writing and rewriting are a constant search for what it is one is saying

Writing and rewriting are a constant search for what it is one is saying

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to...

Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to...

Written reports stifle creativity.

Written reports stifle creativity.

Sometimes he advertises himself assiduously, writing a few words and then rushing to the talk...

Sometimes he advertises himself assiduously, writing a few words and then rushing to the talk...

Maybe its like this, Max--you know how, when you are working on a long and...

Maybe its like this, Max--you know how, when you are working on a long and...

I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I...

I loved words. I love to sing them and speak them and even now, I...

I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing....

I have always believed that writing advertisements is the second most profitable form of writing....