The style is the man himself

Quote by George-Louis Leclerc De Buffon

Topics: Style Quotes

Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.

Genius is only a greater aptitude for patience.

Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience

Genius is nothing but a greater aptitude for patience

Writing well is at one and the same time good thinking, good feeling, and good...

Writing well is at one and the same time good thinking, good feeling, and good...

He writes so well he makes me feel like putting the quill back in the...

He writes so well he makes me feel like putting the quill back in the...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my...

In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book...

In the middle of the silence in a writer's house lies an invalid: the book...

My pen is my razor, and I've been bleeding.

My pen is my razor, and I've been bleeding.

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more...

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more...

Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed...

Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it's addressed...

I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot...

I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot...

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar...

Do not consider it proof just because it is written in books, for a liar...

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

Writers will happen in the best of families.

Writers will happen in the best of families.

Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

Writing eases my suffering... writing is my way of reaffirming my own existence.

The waste basket is the writer's best friend.

The waste basket is the writer's best friend.

In all my writings my aim has been to spare sinners and assail sin

In all my writings my aim has been to spare sinners and assail sin

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

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

Heavens, no! It could get subpoenaed. I can't write anything.

Heavens, no! It could get subpoenaed. I can't write anything.