Πέμπτη 5 Αυγούστου 2010

Για τη γραφή...

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing. ~ Ben Franklin


What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure. ~ Samuel Johnson

On plenty of days the writer can write three or four pages, and on plenty of other days he concludes he must throw them away.~ Annie Dillard

To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, be nothing. ~ Elbert Hubbard

The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think. ~ Edwin Schlossberg

I try to leave out the parts that people skip. ~ Elmore Leonard

Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. ~ William Wordsworth

Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass. ~ Anton Chekhov

To me, the greatest pleasure of writing is not what it's about, but the inner music the words make. ~ Truman Capote

Writing is a struggle against silence. ~ Carlos Fuentes

If you don't have the time to read, you don't have the time or the tools to write. ~ Stephen King

No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published. ~ Russell Lynes

I don't wait for moods. You accomplish nothing if you do that. Your mind must know it has got to get down to work.~ Pearl S. Buck

Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. ~ Scott Adams

The difference between fiction and reality? Fiction has to make sense. ~ Tom Clancy

Becoming a writer means being creative enough to find the time and the place in your life for writing.~ Heather Sellers

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no money. ~ Jules Renard

(Ευχαριστώ τον Αστρινό Τσουτσουδάκη που μου έστειλες αυτές τις ωραίες ατάκες για τη γραφή.)

3 σχόλια:

Ανώνυμος είπε...

Ωραία συλλογή :-) Με αφορμή το post βρήκα ένα που μ' άρεσε:

"I have made this [letter] longer, because I have not had the time to make it shorter."
Blaise Pascal (1623 - 1662), "Lettres provinciales", letter 16, 1657

Para-Mythou είπε...

Πολύ σωστά. Όταν αναγκαστείς να συντομεύσεις ένα κείμενο βλέπεις πόση δουλειά χρειάζεται για να γίνεις σύντομος και ακριβής. Είναι όμως μια πολύ χρήσιμη διαδικασία που δυστυχώς όντως βαριόμαστε να την κάνουμε. Και φλυαρούμε...

Para-Mythou είπε...

Πολύ σωστά. Όταν αναγκαστείς να συντομεύσεις ένα κείμενο βλέπεις πόση δουλειά χρειάζεται για να γίνεις σύντομος και ακριβής. Είναι όμως μια πολύ χρήσιμη διαδικασία που δυστυχώς όντως βαριόμαστε να την κάνουμε. Και φλυαρούμε...