Truman Capote Quotes

When people ask me for secrets to writing, I say, 'Read to write.'

Writing is my primary way of expressing myself.

And that's what I've learned too: writing is key.

I spend a lot of time writing. I get inspiration from texts rather than images.

I'm happy to be a writer - of prose, poetry, every kind of writing. Every person in the world who isn't a recluse, hermit or mute uses words. I know of no other art form that we always use.

word thrower … phrase maker

I try to write an essay every time I speak.

I think that writers are best served by sticking to their writing. Not having loads of theories about the best way to position the writing. I think that if the writing is good and the point of view is strong, the writing is going to take care of itself.

Read a lot. Write a lot. Have fun.

I've learned never to try and force words to come.

I think technique can be taught but I think the only way to learn to write is to read, and I see writing and reading as completely related. One almost couldn't exist without the other.

I write. This is what I do. My job is to sit down with my vocabulary, select words, and decide what order they should be placed in an attempt to keep someone's attention and perhaps provide them with a laugh or two along the way.

Of all those arts in which the wise excel, Nature's chief masterpiece is writing well.

Reading taught me how to write.

If you wish to be a writer, write.

In the world of words, the imagination is one of the forces of nature.

The written word is the basic of everything. Most important, the idea, and after that, the dialogue. You can rehash the dialogue as you go along, it 's disgraceful to have to do this, but now and again you have no choice.

I love to write.

Words are the basic tools, if you are a writer.

I love writing different things.

The pen is the tongue of the mind.

Writing, when properly managed, (as you may be sure I think mine is) is but a different name for conversation.

As a writer, I've always been interested in others.

The future author is one who discovers that language, the exploration and manipulation of the resources of language, will serve him in winning through to his way.

You don't have to go fight bulls in Spain like Hemingway to write something great, or go off to war. It's right under your nose.