Doris Lessing
(1919–2013) British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer
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“It's a damn good story. If you have any comments, write them on the back of a check.”
Erle Stanley Gardner
(1889–1970) Lawyer, novelist, travel writer
Pt. 1: Bimini, Section 10
Islands in the Stream (1970)
“If you can't write a decent short story because of the cold, write something else. Write anything.”
William Saroyan
(1908–1981) American writer
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze (1934), A Cold Day
Context: If you can't write a decent short story because of the cold, write something else. Write anything. Write a long letter to somebody.
“If you write to impress it will always be bad, but if you write to express it will be good”
Thornton Wilder
(1897–1975) American playwright and novelist
Neil Gaiman
(1960) English fantasy writer
"somewhat less sinister ducks" Blog entry (23 April 2004) http://www.neilgaiman.com/journal/2004/04/somewhat-less-sinister-ducks.asp
“Write only if you cannot live without writing. Write only what you alone can write.”
Elie Wiesel
(1928–2016) writer, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor
“not writing is not good but trying to write when you can't is worse.”
Charles Bukowski
(1920–1994) American writer
Source: The Last Night of the Earth Poems