Lillian Helman on Writers’ Hopes

“Nothing you write, if you hope to be any good, will ever come out as you first hoped.”

~ Lillian Helman

Source: “Writing” Ink

Albert Einstein on the Importance of Imagination

“I am enough of an artist to draw freely upon my imagination. Imagination is more important than knowledge. Knowledge is limited. Imagination encircles the world.”

~ Albert Einstein

Source: GoodReads

Elmore Leonard on What to Leave Out

“I try to leave out the parts that people skip.”

~ Elmore Leonard

Source: “Writing” Ink

Anais Nin on How We See Things

“We don’t see things as they are, we see them as we are.”

~ Anais Nin

Source: BrainyQuote

Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord on Leading Characters

“In a novel, the author gives the leading character intelligence and distinction. Fate goes to less trouble: mediocrities play a part in great events simply from happening to be there.”

~ Charles Maurice de Talleyrand-Perigord

Source: Quotable Quotes

John Dryden on Language

“I trade both with the living and the dead for the enrichment of our native language.”

~ John Dryden, Dedication to translation of The Æneid

Source: WikiQuote

William Shakespeare on Fools and Wise Men

“The fool doth think he is wise, but the wise man knows himself to be a fool.”

~ William Shakespeare, As You Like It

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Joseph Campbell on Computers and Gods

“Computers are like Old Testament gods; lots of rules and no mercy.”

~ Joseph Campbell

Source: BrainyQuote

Douglas Adams on What Things Really Are

“If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family Anatidae on our hands.”

~ Douglas Adams

Source: WikiQuote