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poohba
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poohba asked in Education & ReferenceQuotations · 2 decades ago

Can you help me find this quote about writing?

I can remember hearing a quote that went something like "All writers are actually readers who have been awed into imitation" but I can't remember the exact wording or who said it. Does anyone know this one? I'd love to put this up on my wall.

I asked this question on the Books & Authors board a couple of days ago and haven't had much of a response. Maybe someone here can help me.

Update:

I'm not sure that's the exact wording. I've tried search engines and came up with nada.

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  • 2 decades ago
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    Try an advanced Yahoo! search for this exact phrase. And yes, all writers started out as readers.

    btw--they say that imitation is the sincerest form of flattery--it can also be the shortest route to a lawsuit for copyright violation--

  • Anonymous
    5 years ago

    Writing is a socially ideal type of schizophrenia. ~E.L. Doctorow No tears contained in the author, no tears contained in the reader. ~ i ignore! If there's a e book you particularly opt to envision, even if it hasn't been written yet, then you actually might want to write it. ~Toni Morrison change "damn" each and each and every time you're susceptible to position in writing "very;" your editor will delete it and the writing will be basically because it must be. ~Mark Twain The wastebasket is a author's surprising buddy. ~Isaac Bashevis Singer Fill your paper with the breathings of your heart. ~William Wordsworth do not tell me the moon is shining; coach me the sparkle of sunshine on damaged glass. ~Anton Chekhov Ink and paper are often passionate fanatics, usually brother and sister, and in some circumstances mortal enemies. ~Terri Guillemets A author is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer. ~Karl Kraus

  • Anonymous
    2 decades ago

    i think the easies way to find out this coat is to go to www.about.com. i think they can help you with that. i also think you can phrase it as

    since writers base their limitation on words

    learning those words would help me get inspired

    on what skills i myself need to be like

    a professional writer like then. according to Benson who wrote think big ( he said it is always good to get inspire by people and people who are inspired by what u write.....

    Source(s): from benson an author
  • 2 decades ago

    Dude, who said that quote? Because that is NOT true.

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  • 2 decades ago

    butt poop pee fart

    just joking

    idont know the answer to your question

  • 2 decades ago

    me

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