Five Great Quotations about Sex in Writing

“It is a bawdy planet.” – William Shakespeare

“Sex does not thrive on monotony. Without feelings, inventions, moods, (there are) no surprises in bed. Sex must be mixed with tears, laughter, words, promises, scenes, jealousy, envy, all the species of fear, foreign travel, new faces, ovels, stories, dreams, fantasies, music, dancing, opium, wine.” – Anais Nin

“Anyone who attempts to render sexual experience directly must face the fact that the writhings which comprise is are ludicrous without their subjective content.” – William Blue

“People who label erotica writers as sluts/men-whores remind me of the mob that once condemned smart women as witches. Mankind has not evolved much.” – Anna Bayes

“Giving a reader a sex scene that is only half right is like giving her half a kitten. It is not half as cute as a whole kitten; it is a bloody, godawful mess. A half-good sex scene is not half as hot; it actually moves into the negative numbers, draining any heat from the surrounding material.” – Sandra Newman

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My name is Rob Bignell. I’m an affordable, professional editor who runs Inventing Reality Editing Service, which meets the manuscript needs of writers both new and published. I also offer a variety of self-publishing services. During the past decade, I’ve helped more than 300 novelists and nonfiction authors obtain their publishing dreams at reasonable prices. I’m also the author of the 7 Minutes a Day… writing guidebooks, four nonfiction hiking guidebook series, and the literary novel Windmill. Several of my short stories in the literary and science fiction genres also have been published.

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