Funny Quotes(Not Prompts)

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Hello All!

Because why not, here are some funny quotes about writing. Maybe they'll inspire you. Maybe they won't. But we're sure you'll get a kick out of them.

"When someone is mean to me, I just make them a victim in my next book." – Mary Higgins Clark

"Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted." – Jules Renard

"I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by." – Douglas Adams

"There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are." – W. Somerset Maugham

"The pen is mightier than the sword, and considerably easier to write with." – Marty Feldman

"There's not much to be said about the period except that most writers don't reach it soon enough." – William Zinsser

"I try to leave out the parts that people skip." – Elmore Leonard

"Your manuscript is both good and original; but the part that is good is not original, and the part that is original is not good." – Dr. Samuel Johnson, to an aspiring writer

"Being an author is being in charge of your own personal insane asylum." – Terri Guillemets

"A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one." – Baltasar Gracian

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