People/M
The quotations of
American author
1907–1997
11 quotes, most often on Writing. Part of the Writers collection.
I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions.
I’m not a very good writer, but I’m an excellent rewriter.
I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want to do and how you fit in. What somebody else does is of no concern whatever except as an interesting variation.
I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains.