Quotations for Daily Use

Writing

"A writer is someone for whom writing is more difficult than for other people." Thomas Mann, Paul Thomas Mann (6 June 1875 – 12 August 1955) was a German novelist, short story writer, social critic, philanthropist, essayist, and the 1929 Nobel Prize in Literature laureate. This was found in the book To Be Where You Are, a book in The Mitford Series, by Jan Karon

"Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing." Benjamin Franklin (January 17, 1706 – April 17, 1790) was an American polymath and one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. Franklin was a leading author, printer, political theorist, politician, freemason, postmaster, scientist, inventor, humorist, civic activist, statesman, and diplomat. This was found in the book To Be Where You Are, a book in The Mitford Series, by Jan Karon

"[Playwright] Tom Stoppard once said the reason he writes is because every once in a while you put a few words together in the right order and you're able to give the world a nudge. And sometimes I'm able to do that." Charles Krauthammer March 13, 1950 – June 21, 2018) was an American political columnist.

"You don't want to talk in high-falutin', ridiculous abstractions that nobody understands. Just try to make things plain and clear." Charles Krauthammer March 13, 1950 – June 21, 2018) was an American political columnist. 

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