Quotes by : Maxwell Perkins

Just get it down on paper and then we'll see what to do with it.

Anybody can find out if he is a writer. If he were a writer when he tried to write of some particular....

Whenever any of these new writers come up who are brilliant, I always realize that you have more talent....

Every good thing that comes is accompanied by trouble.

Just get it down on paper, and then we’ll see what to do with it.

I believe the writer... should always be the final judge. I have always held to that position and have....

The amount of meaning you get into a sentence, the dimensions and intensity of the impression you make....

You have to throw yourself away when you write.

I think the novel is a wonder....it has vitality to an extraordinary degree, and glamour, and a great....