Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead.

Quote by Gene Fowler

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Perhaps no mightier conflict of mind occurs ever again in a lifetime than that first...

Perhaps no mightier conflict of mind occurs ever again in a lifetime than that first...

If they haven't heard it before it's original.

If they haven't heard it before it's original.

Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.

Men are not against you; they are merely for themselves.

Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving,...

Let us, then, be up and doing, with a heart for any fate; still achieving,...

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

Whatever one believes to be true either is true or becomes true in one's mind.

Whatever one believes to be true either is true or becomes true in one's mind.

You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a...

You see few people here in America who really care very much about living a...

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

Sometimes I think my writing sounds like I walked out of the room and left...

Sometimes I think my writing sounds like I walked out of the room and left...

I believe Mrs. Thatcher's emphasis on enterprise was right.

I believe Mrs. Thatcher's emphasis on enterprise was right.

Why may not the Bible and especially the New Testament be read and taught as...

Why may not the Bible and especially the New Testament be read and taught as...

Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in...

Everyone needs a warm personal enemy or two to keep him free from rust in...

Psychoanalysts seem to be long on information and short on application.

Psychoanalysts seem to be long on information and short on application.

What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins.

What is success? It is a toy balloon among children armed with pins.

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...

Sometimes I think [my writing] sounds like I walked out of the room and left...

Sometimes I think [my writing] sounds like I walked out of the room and left...

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

It is easier to believe than to doubt.

I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college......

I always wanted to be some kind of writer or newspaper reporter. But after college......

It is hard to write about politicians, see them at such close range, and still...

It is hard to write about politicians, see them at such close range, and still...

Writing and learning and thinking are the same process

Writing and learning and thinking are the same process