"There was a day when I liked..." - Quote by Virginia Woolf
There was a day when I liked writing letters -- it has gone. Unfortunately the passion for getting them remains.
More by Virginia Woolf
“Once you fall, Septimus repeated to himself, human nature is on you. Holmes and Bradshaw are on you. They scour the desert. They fly screaming into the wilderness. The rack and the thumbscrew are applied. Human nature is remorseless.”
“I am volatile for one, rigid for another, angular as an icicle in silver, or voluptuous as a candle flame in gold.”
“I press to my centre, and find there is something there.”
More on Communication
“If you want what you're saying heard, then take your time and say it so that the listener will actually hear it. You might save somebody's life. Your own, first.”
“We talk too much. We should talk less and draw more.”
“Persuasive communication involves enthusiasm, animation, audience participation, authenticity and spontaneity.”
More on Writing
“Being a famous writer is a little like being a tall dwarf. You're on the edge of normality.”
“The way for a person to develop a style is (a) to know exactly what he wants to say, and (b) to be sure he is saying exactly that.”
“I confess to wincing every so often at a poorly chosen word, a mangled sentence, an expression of emotion that seems indulgent or overly practiced. I have the urge to cut the book by fifty pages or so, possessed as I am with a keener appreciation for brevity.”