Bill Walsh Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• When I give a speech at a corporate event, I often ask those in attendance, 'Do you know how to tell if you're doing the job?' As heads start whispering back and forth, I provide these clue: 'If you're up at 3 A.M. every night talking into a tape recorder and writing notes on scraps of paper, have a knot in your stomach and a rash on your skin, are losing sleep and losing touch with your wife and kids, have no appetite or sense of humor, and feel that everything might turn out wrong, then you're probably doing the job.'

  Bill Walsh

  Jobs, Sleep, Kids

  Bill Walsh, Steve Jamison, Craig Walsh (2009). “The Score Takes Care of Itself: My Philosophy of Leadership”, p.26, Penguin

• A burro is an ass. A burrow is a hole in the ground. As a journalist you are expected to know the difference.

  Bill Walsh

  Writing, Editing, Differences

  Bill Walsh (2004). “The Elephants of Style: A Trunkload of Tips on the Big Issues and Gray Areas of Contemporary American English”, p.11, McGraw Hill Professional

• Writing headlines is a specialty - there are outstanding writers who will tell you they couldn't write a headline to save their lives.

  Bill Walsh

  Sports, Writing, Headlines

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