This compendium includes more than 400 witticisms, confessions, and opinions on every
aspect of books and the writing life compiled from centuries of observation by writers of
every genre.Here are a few of those over 400 quotations,
A room without books is like a body without a soul. —Cicero
Writing is easy; all you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until the drops of
blood form on your forehead. —Gene Fowler
The difference between the right word and the nearly right word is the same as that
between lightning and the lightning bug. —Mark Twain
Listen carefully to first criticisms of your work. Note just what it is about your
work that the critics don't like—then cultivate it. That's the part of your
work that's individual and worth keeping. —Jean Cocteau |
