Quotes about Expression

In good writing, words become one with things.

Speech is power: speech is to persuade, to convert, to compel. It is to bring another out of his bad sense into your good sense.

The fear of saying something stupid (which stupid people never have) has censored far more good ideas than bad ones.

The fact is that blank pages inspire me with terror. What will I put on them? Will it be good enough? Will I have to throw it out?

I mean, I sing. But I don't think I'm a good enough singer to do any kind of musical.

I want to be one of those people, be they writers, poets, musicians, who leaves clues for the next generation. The really good people leave clues that help feed the human race. That's my aspiration.

Good writing is good conversation, only more so.

Most writers write to say something about other people - and it doesn't last. Good writers write to find out about themselves - and it lasts forever.