Larry L. King quotes

“Write. Rewrite. When not writing or rewriting, read. I know of no shortcuts.”
-- Larry L. King

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“The best kind of writing, and the biggest thrill in writing, is to suddenly read a line from your typewriter that you didnt know was in you.”
-- Larry L. King

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“Good writers are in the business of leaving signposts saying, Tour my world, see and feel it through my eyes; I am your guide.”
-- Larry L. King

Source : Larry L. King (1987). “None but a blockhead: on being a writer”, Penguin (Non-Classics)

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“For a few precious moments... I am back in Old Texas, under a high sky... where all things are again possible... and the wind blows free.”
-- Larry L. King

Source : Larry L. King (1980). “Of outlaws, con men, whores, politicians, and other artists”, Viking Adult

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“Money, power, love, sex (until they get married), adulation, children, and control. Of these, children cause the most trouble. Women also want equal rights and equal pay for equal work, and I agree with them 100%. Though on some days it is hard to figure out how a species that controls 97% of the money and all the ***** can be downtrodden.”
-- Larry L. King

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“Texas is my mind's country, that place I most want to understand and record and preserve. Four generations of my people sleep in its soil; I have children there, and a grandson; the dead past and the living future tie me to it.”
-- Larry L. King

Source : Larry L. King (1985). “Warning, Writer at Work: The Best Collectibles of Larry L. King”, p.164, TCU Press

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“Almost anyone can be an author; the business is to collect money and fame from this state of being.”

“Science fiction is a field of writing where, month after month, every printed word implies to hundreds of thousands of people: 'There is change. Look, today's fantastic story is tomorrow's fact.”

“I’m not a fan of ‘write what you know.’ If you don’t know, find out. I knew nothing about the Bible before I started writing ‘The Year of Living Biblically.’ That was kind of the point – to learn.”

“There are no shortcuts to knowledge, especially knowledge gained from personal experience. Following conventional wisdom and relying on shortcuts can be worse than knowing nothing at all.”

Source : Ben Horowitz (2014). “The Hard Thing About Hard Things: Building a Business When There Are No Easy Answers”, p.9, Harper Collins

“There are no shortcuts in life - only those we imagine.”

“There is no shortcut to life. To the end of our days, life is a lesson imperfectly learned.”

“Writing and rewriting are a constant search for what it is one is saying.”

“There is no great writing, only great rewriting.”

“There is no such thing as good writing, only good rewriting.”

“The biggest difference between a writer and a would-be writer is their attitude toward rewriting. . . . Unwillingness to revise usually signals an amateur.”