In the Know: Favorite Quotes
Featured Quote
If I feel physically as if the top of my head were taken off, I know that is poetry.
Past Favorite Quotes
| Author | Topic | Quote |
|---|---|---|
| GUSTAVE FLAUBERT | On Writing | I am irritated by my own writing. I am ... |
| HENRIK IBSEN | On Writing | Writing means summoning oneself to ... |
| HONORE DE BALZAC | On Writing | I am a galley slave to pen and ink. |
| JACK LONDON | On Writing | You can't wait for inspiration. You ... |
| JANE AUSTEN | On Writing | A person who can write a long letter ... |
| JOHN ADAMS | On Reading | I read my eyes out and can't read ... |
| MARK TWAIN | On Writing | The difference between the almost right ... |
| MIGUEL DE CERVANTES | On Writing | The pen is the tongue of the mind. |
| OSCAR WILDE | On Poetry | I was working on the proof of one of my ... |
| RALPH WALDO EMERSON | On Writing | The maker of a sentence launches out ... |
| SAMUEL JOHNSON | On Writing | The two most engaging powers of an ... |
| THOMAS JEFFERSON | On Writing | The most valuable of all talents is ... |
| VOLTAIRE | On Reading | The instruction we find in books ... |
