writing Quotes

I have great respect for the semicolon; it is a mighty handy little fellow.

Never regret what you don't write.

Those who write clearly have readers, those who write obscurely have commentators.

Homer has taught all other poets the art of telling lies skillfully.

Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and about all time.

What is the use of writing plays, what is the use of writing anything, if there is not a will which finally moulds chaos itself into a race of gods.

Find enough clever things to say, and you're a Prime Minister; write them down and you're a Shakespeare.

A veteran journalist has never had time to think twice before he writes.

I've always appreciated a turn of phrase.