Washington Irving Quotes About Writing

• Mi padre murió y me dejó su bendición y su negocio. Su bendición no trajo dinero a mi bolsillo, y en cuanto a su negocio, pronto me abandonó, porque yo estaba ocupado escribiendo poesía, y no podía atender a la ley, y mis clientes, aunque tenían un gran respeto por mi talento, no tenían fe en un abogado poético.

  Washington Irving

  Father, Writing, Blessing

  Washington Irving (2015). “The Complete Travel Sketches and Memoirs of Washington Irving: Tales of The Alhambra, Abbotsford and Newstead Abby, A Tour on the Prairies & Tales of a Traveler: Autobiographical Writings, Travel Reports, Essays and Notes of the Prolific American Writer, Biographer and Historian, Author of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle and Old Christmas”, p.539, e-artnow

• Others may write from the head, but he writes from the heart, and the heart will always understand him.

  Washington Irving

  Writing, Heart, May

  Washington Irving (2014). “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow and Other Stories”, p.91, Penguin

• There rise authors now and then, who seem proof against the mutability of language, because they have rooted themselves in the unchanging principles of human nature.

  Washington Irving

  Writing, Principles, Language

  Washington Irving (2015). “The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent. – The Complete Collection: The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, The Voyage, Roscoe, A Royal Poet, A Sunday in London and many more (Illustrated)”, p.133, e-artnow

• The literary world is made up of little confederacies, each looking upon its own members as the lights of the universe; and considering all others as mere transient meteors, doomed to soon fall and be forgotten, while its own luminaries are to shine steadily into immortality.

  Washington Irving

  Fall, Writing, Light

  Washington Irving (1991). “Bracebridge Hall ; Tales of a Traveller ; The Alhambra”, p.467, Library of America

• No sé hasta qué punto creer en mis propias historias.

  Washington Irving

  Believe, Writing, Loss

• I have never found, in anything outside of the four walls of my study, an enjoyment equal to sitting at my writing desk with a clean page, a new theme, and a mind awake.

  Washington Irving

  Wall, Writing, Mind

  Washington Irving (1869). “Irving's Works”, p.382

• I consider a story merely as a frame on which to stretch my materials.

  Washington Irving

  Writing, Stories, Materials

  Washington Irving, Charles Neider (1998). “The Complete Tales of Washington Irving”, p.27, Da Capo Press

• Language gradually varies, and with it fade away the writings of authors who have flourished their allotted time; otherwise, the creative powers of genius would overstock the world, and the mind would be completely bewildered in the endless mazes of literature.

  Washington Irving

  Writing, Creative, Mind

  Washington Irving (2015). “The Complete Works of Washington Irving: Short Stories, Plays, Historical Works, Poetry and Autobiographical Writings (Illustrated): The Entire Opus of the Prolific American Writer, Biographer and Historian, Including The Legend of Sleepy Hollow, Rip Van Winkle, The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Bracebridge Hall and many more”, p.139, e-artnow

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