"Many a fervid man writes books as..." - Quote by Elizabeth Barrett Browning
Many a fervid man writes books as cold and flat as graveyard stones.
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“Light tomorrow with today!”
“He said true things, but called them by wrong names.”
“A child's kiss Set on thy sighing lips shall make thee glad; A poor man served by thee shall make thee rich; A sick man helped by thee shall make thee strong; Thou shalt be served thyself by every sense Of service which thou renderest.”
More on Writing
“The longer one doesn't write, the more difficult it is to communicate.”
“For nearly twenty years I have been a published author... But I have never yet seen a book of mine offered for sale in a shop window.”
“One of the things I'm real proud of is I just made a deal with 20th Century Fox, and I've got my own production company now. I'm developing some television and movies for other people because I have a lot of fresh new ideas. To write is what I love the most.”
More on Books
“What seems to sell books is good word-of-mouth, not promotion tours. I'm too old to believe that media promotion of a book really matters. What matters is how it will look 100 years from now, not how many copies are sold.”
“Heroine: girl who is perfectly charming to live with, in a book.”
“a good reader makes a good book”