On writing..

If you can't annoy somebody with what you write, I think there's little point in writing.
~ Kingsley Amis

One of the most feared expressions in modern times is "The computer is down."
~ Norman Augustine

All words are pegs to hang ideas on.
~ Henry Ward Beecher

It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.
~ Robert Benchley

The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.
~ Robert Cromier

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.
~ Peter De Vries

Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.

~ J. P. Donleavy

Yes, I suppose some editors are failed writers - but so are most writers.
~ T.S. Eliot

Why do people always expect authors to answer questions? I am an author because I want to ASK questions. If I had answers I'd be a politician.- Eugene Ionesco

The artist, like the God of creation, remains within or behind or beyond or above his handiwork, invisible, refined out of existence, indifferent, paring his fingernails.
~ James Joyce

“Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.” - John Jakes

“Write to be understood, speak to be heard, read to grow...” - Lawrence Clark Powell

“I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.” - Oscar Wilde

"Write without pay until somebody offers to pay"-mark twain-

" If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster." -Isaac Asimov

"Arguments over grammar and style are often as fierce as those over IBM versus Mac, and as fruitless as Coke versus Pepsi and boxers versus briefs." - Jack Lynch