William Zinsser Quotes About Art

Quotes about: Art

• Writing is a craft not an art.

  William Zinsser

  Inspirational, Art, Writing

  William Zinsser (2012). “On Writing Well, 30th Anniversary Edition: An Informal Guide to Writing Nonfiction”, p.4, Harper Collins

• Never hesitate to imitate another writer. Imitation is part of the creative process for anyone learning an art or a craft. Bach and Picasso didn't spring full-blown as Bach or Picasso; they needed models. This is especially true of writing.

  William Zinsser

  Art, Spring, Writing

• Memoir is the art of inventing the truth.

  William Zinsser

  Art, Memoir, Inventing

  "On Writing Well". Book by William Zinsser (Chapter 12: Writing About Yourself: The Memoir, p. 99), 1976.

• Much of my writing has taken the form of a pilgrimage: to sacred places that represent the best of America, to musicians and other artists who represent the best of their art.

  William Zinsser

  Art, Taken, Writing

• Never hesitate to imitate another writer - every person learning a craft or an art needs models. Eventually you'll find your own voice and will shed the skin of the writer you imitated.

  William Zinsser

  Art, Voice, Skins

  "On Writing Well: The Classic Guide to Writing Nonfiction". Book by William Zinsser (Chapter 13 "Bits & Pieces," p. 136), 1976.

• To write a good memoir you must become the editor of your own life, imposing on an untidy sprawl of half-remembered events a narrative shape and an organizing idea. Memoir is the art of inventing the truth.

  William Zinsser

  Art, Writing, Editors

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