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10 More Author Quotes to Ponder

You write to communicate to the hearts and minds of others what's burning inside you.  And we edit to let the fire show through the smoke. 
~Arthur Polotnik

Writing is both mask and unveiling.
~E.B. White

Work on a good piece of writing proceeds on three levels: a musical one, where it is composed; an architectural one, where it is constructed; and finally, a textile one, where it is woven.
~Walter Benjamin

The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.
~Terry Pratchett

There are three secrets to writing a novel. Unfortunately nobody knows what they are.
~W. Somerset Maugham

If your screen stays blank or your notepad empty, God cannot use your words.
~K.M. Logan

A writer writes. There are no exceptions to this reality. No excuses. Stop wasting time talking about your stories and get them on paper.
~Christy Hall

Being a writer is like having homework every night for the rest of your life.
~Lawrence Kasdan


I've had secrets come out of my typewriter in invisible ink.
~Terri Guillemets
  

The one thing that you have that nobody else has is you. Your voice, your mind, your story, your vision. So write and draw and build and play and dance and live as only you can.
~Neil Gaiman