9 Writing Aphorisms For #WriterWednesday (PHOTOS)

Today is Writer Wednesday on Twitter, marked by the hashtag #ww or #writerwednesday, and in honor of it, we've compiled some of the best aphorisms on writing.

It seems that every author from E.B. White to Tony Morrison has something direct and profound to say about the craft of writing, and these are just 9 of the best statements we could find.

We'd love to keep this going as a weekly feature, so let us know your favorites and we'll keep adding them.

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[kidjudas]

01:08 PM on 12/08/2010

Any word you have to hunt for in a thesaurus is the wrong word. There are no exceptions to this rule. - Stephen King

[Paul Trawitzki]

02:12 PM on 12/05/2010

There can be more truth in a single phrase with the right words, than all the literature in the world.

[3fingerbrown]

06:36 AM on 12/02/2010

Writing has laws of perspective, of light and shade, just as painting does, or music. If you are born knowing them, fine. If not, learn them. Then rearrange the rules to suit yourself.--Truman Capote

[stape45]

09:30 PM on 12/01/2010

Ask Palin the Paltry to share her favorite writing aphorism and you’ll detect the smell of burning wood, followed by Sarah’s hair falling out.

[LMPE]

08:47 PM on 12/01/2010

"We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones." - Stephen King

[easarsfield]

08:22 PM on 12/01/2010

Screw shrinks. A pen and a pad is all the therapy you'll ever need.

[FirstBiteBooks]

03:16 PM on 12/01/2010

Here is one by Stella Adler which could be adapted to writing:

"Life beats down and crushes the soul, and art reminds you that you have one."

[Patricia Benesh]

01:31 PM on 12/01/2010

My all time favorite quote about writing:

“If communication is perfect, the words have life, and that is all there is to good writing, putting down on the paper words which dance and weep and make love and fight and kiss and perform miracles.” Gertrude Stein

[DanielAdler]

01:26 PM on 12/01/2010

Morrison and Frost win this week. Here's one of mine: Put your soul into your art and it will be great. http://dadsinternetwarehouse.blogspot.com/

[ValdaDeDieu]

01:19 PM on 12/01/2010

Endless inspiration. Every single aphorism a gem.

[belle etranger]

12:29 PM on 12/01/2010

Love, love, love it! Picking faves is always a challenge.... Out of these 9 it's definitely White and Morrison.

[Sue Langland]

11:52 AM on 12/01/2010

I especially love the Nin quote--and of course it is fitting that such a notion would come from a prolific diarist who was constantly writing, and rewriting, her "reality."

[BlindOtis]

11:49 AM on 12/01/2010

If you place your pointer on the picture of Hemingway writing in his tent, you'll see that someone put an extra M in his name.

[hchavez]

09:15 AM on 12/01/2010

Love it. All of them make sense in one way or another. Leave it to Robert Frost to say it correctly.

[nightingale801]

08:35 AM on 12/01/2010

Inspirational, keep them coming and thank you for sharing.