Writing

Writing

Writing is the representation of language in a textual medium through the use of a set of signs or symbols (known as a writing system). It is distinguished from illustration, such as cave drawing and painting, and non-symbolic preservation of language via non-textual media, such as magnetic tape audio.

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Famous quotes containing the word writing:

    “In writing songs I’ve learned as much from Cézanne as I have from Woody Guthrie.”
    —Bob Dylan [Robert Allen Zimmerman] (b. 1941)

    “The aim of art is almost divine: to bring to life again if it is writing history, to create if it is writing poetry.”
    —Victor Hugo (1802–1885)

    “All good writing is swimming under water and holding your breath.”
    —F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896–1940)