"A metaphor is like a simile." ~ Author Unknown
"A synonym is a word you use when you can't spell the other one." ~ Baltasar Gracián
"A critic can only review the book he has read, not the one which the writer wrote." ~ Mignon McLaughlin, The Neurotic's Notebook, 1960
"Proofread carefully to see if you any words out." ~ Author Unknown
"I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork." ~ Peter De Vries
"Be obscure clearly." ~ E.B. White
"Being an author is like being in charge of your own personal insane asylum." ~ Graycie Harmon
"Every writer I know has trouble writing. " ~ Joseph Heller
"The only cure for writer's block is insomnia." ~ Merit Antares
"What no wife of a writer can ever understand is that a writer is working when he's staring out of the window." ~ Burton Rascoe
"Loafing is the most productive part of a writer's life." ~ James Norman Hall
"A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people." ~ Thomas Mann, Essays of Three Decades, 1947
"I do not like to write - I like to have written." ~ Gloria Steinem
"Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will." ~ Goethe
Excellent post, Jon - funny and poignant :)
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