Quotes By Writers About Writing

"If it is possible to cut a word, always cut it out." ~George Orwell

"Never use a long word when a short one will do." ~George Orwell

"Never use a foreign phrase, a scientific word or jargon word if you can think of an everyday English equivalent." ~George Orwell

"Employ a simple and straightforward style, use plain simple language, short words, and brief sentences. That's the way to write English, it's the modern way and the best way. Stick to it, don't let fluff and flowers and verbosity creep in." ~Mark Twain

 “You wanna fly, you got to give up the shit that weighs you down.” ~Toni Morrison

Here are a few pictures I took at the Hemingway Museum.

"...write it down making it clear so the reader will see it too and have the same feeling you had." ~Ernest Hemmingway

“I write one page of masterpiece to ninety-one pages of shit,” Hemingway confided to F. Scott Fitzgerald in 1934. “I try to put the shit in the wastebasket.” ~Ernest Hemmingway

Fighting For Success

If something in your life is worth having, then surely it's worth fighting to get it? If it comes too easily, will you still want it as much?

I saw this quote today, which really made me think about things...

"All life demands struggle. Those who have everything given to them become lazy, selfish, and insensitive to the real values of life. The very striving and hard work that we so constantly try to avoid is the major building block in the person we are today." ~Pope Paul VI.

Do you see struggle as a building block to your success, or do you roll over and say, 'that's it - I can't do it'?

I think it's worth the fight, do you?