O. Henry Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.

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  Writing, Yarn, Stories

  "Treasury of World Masterpieces O.Henry".

• I'll give you the whole secret to short story writing. Here it is. Rule 1: Write stories that please yourself. There is no Rule 2.

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  Writing, Giving, Secret

  O. Henry (1993). “Collected Stories of O. Henry”, Gramercy Books

• Write what you like; there is no other rule.

  O. Henry

  Writing

  "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

• Yes, I get dry spells. Sometimes I can't turn out a thing for three months. When one of those spells comes on I quit trying to work and go out and see something of life. You can't write a story that's got any life in it by sitting at a writing table and thinking. You've got to get out into the streets, into the crowds, talk with people, and feel the rush and throb of real life-that's the stimulant for a story writer.

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  Real, Writing, Thinking

• Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.

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  Art, Writing, Drawing

  O. Henry (2015). “O. Henry's stories: Short Stories and Classic Literature”, p.429, 谷月社

• If you can't write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.

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  Writing, Stories, Forget

  O. Henry (1993). “Collected Stories of O. Henry”, Gramercy Books

• I'll give you the sole secret of short-story writing, and here it is: Rule 1. Write stories that please yourself. There is no rule 2. The technical points you can get from Bliss Perry. If you can't write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.

  O. Henry

  Writing, Giving, Secret

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