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

Quote by John Gregory Dunne

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

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

But when the pen is in his hand he has to write by itch and...

But when the pen is in his hand he has to write by itch and...

To be a well-flavored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read...

To be a well-flavored man is the gift of fortune, but to write or read...

Not write what you know, but know what you write. If you write about a...

Not write what you know, but know what you write. If you write about a...

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

The most important thing for poets to do is to write as little as possible.

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

Most of the time I quote myself. It's not arrogance, it's a writer's job.

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

I began to write more songs when I had more time, especially when we began...

I began to write more songs when I had more time, especially when we began...

I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something...

I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something...

When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.

When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.

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...

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

To write regular verses destroys an infinite number of fine possibilities, but at the same...

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't...

Nature fits all her children with something to do, he who would write and can't...

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.

He does not write at all whose poems no man reads

He does not write at all whose poems no man reads