Quotes about writing

1. Inspiration is a reward for tenacious labor. ——Lebin

2. There is also a way to compose Yuefu, which is called phoenix head, pig belly, and leopard tail. ——Tao Zongyi

3. The body has no routine, the words have no permanent sect, the objects have no common use, and the scenery has no permanent choice. ——Huangfu Shi

4. The works of genius are irrigated with tears. ——Balzac

5. It takes three years to get two sentences, and one chant brings tears. ——Jia Dao

6. If every author can have special achievements in literature, he must achieve a style that is unique to him. Zhu Guangqian

7. When writing, you should be slow and fast, and don’t be discouraged! Might as well put your work on the iron station hammer twenty times. ——Boileau

8. The purpose of writing should not be just for publication. Of course it’s not for royalties or fame. It is actually a monologue after a person realizes the truth. ——Roland

9. Real creative inspiration can only come from real life. ——Deng Tuo

10. Wisdom can make people write, but it is passion that creates history. ——Feuerbach

11. Everything should be three-dimensional, more important than essential; if one word is missing, the meaning will be lacking, and if a sentence is long, one word will hinder the speech. ——Liu Xie

12. The most difficult thing is the beginning, which is the first sentence. Just like in music, the first line can set a tone for the entire piece, and it often takes a long time to find it. ——Golky

13. Mining one gram of radium requires year-round labor. If you want to arrange a word properly, you need thousands of tons of language minerals. ——Mayakovsky

14. The feathers made of pens fell from angel wings, and they recount the lives of those kind people. ——Wordsworth

15. We often mistake our writing impulse for our writing talent, thinking that writing means we can write. ——Qian Zhongshu

16. Don’t indulge in pain that you haven’t experienced, and don’t draw pictures that you haven’t seen before, because lying is much more boring in novels than in conversation. —— Chekhov

17. Stories can be made up, but details cannot be fabricated. ——Anonymous

18. The materials are not far away, as long as they are in a fulfilling life. ——Goethe

19. In literary works, the bolder the conception, the more flawless the creation should be. If you're going to have a reason to be different, your reasons should be ten times as good as others. ——Hugo

20. Literary talent is a magic wand, it can turn stone into gold. ——Smith

21. You think clearly, your words will naturally be understood, and the words to express your meaning will naturally come at your fingertips. ——Boileau

22. The author writes about creation. Although it is not necessary to have personally experienced the things involved, it is best to have experienced it. ——Lu Xun

23. The reason why I write is not because of the impulse of genius, but to relieve the troubles of love and complain about the pain that is difficult to eliminate in life. ——Propertius

24. In order to write, a writer spends most of his time reading; a person has to browse half of the library to write a book. ——Johnson