Author: cwq
“There is no iron that can enter the human heart with such stupefying effect, as a period placed at just the right moment.”
Isaak Babel
“Writing a novel is like making love, but it’s also like having a tooth pulled. [And] sometimes it’s like making love while having a tooth pulled.”
Dean Koontz
“I work in whatever medium likes me at the moment.”
Marc Chagall
“Writing is thinking. To write well is to think clearly. That’s why it’s so hard.”
David McCullough
“For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life”
Cao Yu
“I always wanted to write when I was a kid; it just never occurred to me that you could have a job that didn’t involve any actual work. … I felt it would be fun to have a job like that where you could make stuff up and be irresponsible and get paid for it.”
Dave Barry
“Work can only be universal if it is rooted in a part of its creator which is most privately and particularly himself.”
Tyrone Guthrie