My Friday Fave – 5 Quotes for Writers

by Cathy Baker | Faith | 4 comments

• The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and the lightning bug. – Mark Twain

• The fewer the words used, the more concentrated the attention; and the greater the concentration, the greater the power. – David Lambuth

• The first secret of good writing: We must look intently, and hear intently, and taste intently. – James J. Kilpatrick

• Always be a poet, even in prose. – Charles Pierre Baudelaire

• Technique alone is never enough. You have to have passion. Technique alone is just an embroidered potholder. – Raymond Chandler