Famous quotes containing the words bad and/or writing:
“It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.”
—Colette [Sidonie Gabrielle Colette] (1873–1954)
“All writers are vain, selfish and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives lies a mystery. Writing a book is a long, exhausting struggle, like a long bout of some painful illness. One would never undertake such a thing if one were not driven by some demon whom one can neither resist nor understand.”
—George Orwell (1903–1950)