"Even if you have nothing to write,..." - Quote by Marcus Tullius Cicero
Even if you have nothing to write, write and say so.
More by Marcus Tullius Cicero
“Let us drink for the replenishment of our strength, not for our sorrow”
“History is the teacher of life”
“Virtue is uniform, conformable to reason, and of unvarying consistency; nothing can be added to it that can make it more than virtue; nothing can be taken from it, and the name of virtue be left.”
More on Writing
“We need more true mystery in our lives Hem- he said. The completely unambitious writer and the really good unpublished poem are the things we lack most. There is of course the problem of sustenance”
“I've been wondering about Dostoyevsky. How can a man write so badly, so unbelievably badly, and make you feel so deeply?”
“Footnotes -- little dogs yapping at the heels of the text”
More on Creativity
“I bring you with reverent hands The books of my numberless dreams.”
“When younger writers and poets, musicians and painters are weakened by a stemming of funds, they come to me saddened, not as full of dreams and excitement and ideas. I am then weakened and diminished, and made less rich.”
“The poorest experience is rich enough for all the purposes of expressing thought”