Author Topic: Favorite quotes  (Read 2134 times)

okey dokey

Favorite quotes
« on: December 22, 2018, 09:51:09 AM »
What are your favorite quotes about writing / publishing?
Here's one of mine:

"I price my ebooks at $1.73 just to screw with people."
« Last Edit: December 22, 2018, 11:00:44 AM by okey dokey »
 

okey dokey

Re: Favorite quotes
« Reply #1 on: December 22, 2018, 11:15:44 AM »
My most quotable friend always said this:

"Always tell the truth. Unless it's too dull."

 

okey dokey

Re: Favorite quotes
« Reply #2 on: December 22, 2018, 11:17:23 AM »
This small town newspaper motto grabbed my attention.

"We tell the truth. Only not so much of it."
 

okey dokey

Re: Favorite quotes
« Reply #3 on: December 22, 2018, 11:18:32 AM »
This is the slogan for another small town paper:

"Tell the truth and run like hell."
 

okey dokey

Re: Favorite quotes
« Reply #4 on: December 22, 2018, 11:57:10 AM »
The first one sounds like The Times.
And that 2nd one takes the cake.
 

Gerri Attrick

Re: Favorite quotes
« Reply #5 on: December 22, 2018, 07:02:10 PM »
From the peerless Dorothy Parker:

I hate writing, I love having written.
 

Maggie Ann

Re: Favorite quotes
« Reply #6 on: December 23, 2018, 12:15:34 AM »
I don't remember who it was but when asked why she wrote she replied.

I have six kids. The only way I can get anyone to listen to me is to write them.
           
 

spin52

Re: Favorite quotes
« Reply #7 on: December 23, 2018, 02:30:09 AM »
I don't know who said this, but I've always liked it: 'A writer is like a vending machine. You put money in; words come out."
     


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