writing Quotes

In every author let us distinguish the man from his works.

Woe to the makers of literal translations, who by rendering every word weaken the meaning! It is indeed by so doing that we can say the letter kills and the spirit gives life.

I am never going to have anything more to do with politics or politicians. When this war is over I shall confine myself entirely to writing and painting.

This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read.

Ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.

It is extremely important to me to write for children.

I don't know if I officially proofread my father's book, but I read it. I did get some conception of grammar in general from that.

All knowledge which ends in words will die as quickly as it came to life, with the exception of the written word: which is its mechanical part.

What Shakespeare was able to do in English he would certainly not have done in French.

Writing and travel broaden your ass if not your mind and I like to write standing up.