
“Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE.”
Source: Down and out in Paris and London (1933), Ch. 4; a record of a remark by Orwell's fellow tramp Boris
“Write it. Shoot it. Publish it. Crochet it, sauté it, whatever. MAKE.”
Dated 1498 or earlier. Quoted in Sarah Bradford, Cesare Borgia / His Life and Times (1976, George Weidenfeld and Nicolson Limited. London. Reprinted 1981. ISBN 0-297-77124-8), p. 72
Reported in Investor's Business Daily (April 9, 2001), A-4.
“If you want to read a perfect book there is only one way: write it.”
Source: Epigrams, p. 353
The Black Prince (1973); 2003, p. 10.