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Act Of Writing Quotes

The act of writing the book was painful at times, but it was easier than talking to someone Picture Quote #1

I’m a writer, and the subject is less important than the act of writing itself Picture Quote #1

The ambivalence of writing is such that it can be considered both an act and an interpretive process that follows after an act with which it cannot coincide. As such, it both affirms and denies its own nature Picture Quote #1

Being a librarian certainly helped me with my writing because it made me even more of a reader, and I was always an enthusiastic reader. Writing and reading seem to me to be different aspects of a single imaginative act Picture Quote #1

Writing is an act of cherishing... It is an act of love Picture Quote #1

Ultimately, writing is about trusting your own mind. It is an act of discovery Picture Quote #1

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Writing is not just the technical act of your fingers on the keyboard. Writing is living Picture Quote #1

For me writing is foremost a mode of thinking and when it works well, an act of discovery Picture Quote #1

Writing a long essay is probably the most complex constructive act that most human beings areever expected to perform Picture Quote #1

There is an art to writing, and it is not always disclosure. The act itself can be beautiful, revelatory, and private Picture Quote #1

So writing became a way to get to act in things that I thought were meaningful, and hopefully write stronger roles for other women Picture Quote #1

The act of writing is for me often nothing more than the secret or conscious desire to carve words on a tombstone: to the memory of a town forever vanished, to the memory of a childhood in exile, to the memory of all those I loved and who, before I could tell them I loved them, went away Picture Quote #1

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Like anything else that happens on its own, the act of writing is beyond currency. Money is great stuff to have, but when it comes to the act of creation, the best thing is not to think of money too much. It constipates the whole process Picture Quote #1

The act of writing. Is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think that's the same experience the reader has when they pick up one of my books Picture Quote #1

The act of writing is either something the writer dreads or actually likes, and I actually like it. Even re-writing's fun. You're getting somewhere, whether it seems to move or not Picture Quote #1

I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn’t paid for what she writes Picture Quote #1

The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me Picture Quote #1

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike Picture Quote #1

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Romanticizing the act of writing or any other art is not very helpful to the artist or the art. It’s much better if one simply does Picture Quote #1

The heart is a river. The act of writing is the moving water that holds the banks apart, keeps the muscle of words flexing so that the reader can be carried along by this movement. To be given space and the chance to leave one’s earthly world. Is there any greater freedom than this? Picture Quote #1

The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn’t matter Picture Quote #1

The very act of writing assumes, to begin with, that someone cares to hear what you have to say. It assumes that people share, that people can be reached, that people can be touched and even in some cases changed. So many of the things in our world lead us to despair. It seems to me that the final symptom of despair is silence, and that storytelling is one of the sustaining arts; it’s one of the affirming arts. A writer may have a certain pessimism in his outlook, but the very act of being a writer seems to me to be an optimistic act Picture Quote #1

And now, advice for beginning mystics. Be sober, be intelligent, be educated, rely on the tangible reality as long as you can. Remember that the act of writing is a tiny part of a bigger something. Defend the value of the spiritual experience and if somebody tells you it’s an old fashioned notion, laugh loudly and serenely Picture Quote #1

The act of writing bears something in common with the act of love. The writer, at his most productive moments, just flows. He gives of that which is uniquely himself. He makes himself naked, recording his nakedness in the written word. Herein lies some of the terror which frequently freezes a writer, preventing him from producing. Herein, too, lies some of the courage that must be entailed in letting others learn how one has experienced or is experiencing the world Picture Quote #1

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The world doesn’t fully make sense until the writer has secured his version of it on the page. And the act of writing is strangely more lifelike than life….every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood…. Your job is to marshal the talent you do have and find people who believe in your work. What’s important, finally, is that you create, and that those creations define for you what matters most, that which cannot be extinguished even in the face of silence, solitude, and rejection Picture Quote #1

Almost 70 years have gone by, and I’ve still got that feeling when I write... Writing, for me, is still it. It has always been the basis of everything I do. I’m a writer who performs, not a performer who writes. I love the act of writing. It’s still a thrill for me Picture Quote #1

Writing is not magic. It’s a craft, a process, a set of steps. As with any process, things sometimes break down. Even in a good story, the writer runs into problems. So the act of writing always includes problem solving Picture Quote #1

I don’t think any man writing can worry about what the act of writing costs him, even though at times he is very aware of it Picture Quote #1

Some is, I think, the personal in any act of writing. You find yourself caught up: you start a sentence, and it becomes revelatory, not just of the character, but of you as well Picture Quote #1

I’ve found you can go on writing in the dark, and that the act of writing itself, that mysterious, dangerous, intoxicating, absorbing, nourishing magician’s trick, that act of creation is its own light Picture Quote #1

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The act of writing the book was painful at times, but it was easier than talking to someone (Act Of Writing Quotes) I’m a writer, and the subject is less important than the act of writing itself (Act Of Writing Quotes) The ambivalence of writing is such that it can be considered both an act and an interpretive process that follows after an act with which it cannot coincide. As such, it both affirms and denies its own nature (Act Of Writing Quotes) Being a librarian certainly helped me with my writing because it made me even more of a reader, and I was always an enthusiastic reader. Writing and reading seem to me to be different aspects of a single imaginative act (Act Of Writing Quotes) Writing is an act of cherishing... It is an act of love (Act Of Writing Quotes) Ultimately, writing is about trusting your own mind. It is an act of discovery (Act Of Writing Quotes) Writing is not just the technical act of your fingers on the keyboard. Writing is living (Act Of Writing Quotes) For me writing is foremost a mode of thinking and when it works well, an act of discovery (Act Of Writing Quotes) Writing a long essay is probably the most complex constructive act that most human beings areever expected to perform (Act Of Writing Quotes) There is an art to writing, and it is not always disclosure. The act itself can be beautiful, revelatory, and private (Act Of Writing Quotes) So writing became a way to get to act in things that I thought were meaningful, and hopefully write stronger roles for other women (Act Of Writing Quotes) The act of writing is for me often nothing more than the secret or conscious desire to carve words on a tombstone: to the memory of a town forever vanished, to the memory of a childhood in exile, to the memory of all those I loved and who, before I could tell them I loved them, went away (Act Of Writing Quotes) Like anything else that happens on its own, the act of writing is beyond currency. Money is great stuff to have, but when it comes to the act of creation, the best thing is not to think of money too much. It constipates the whole process (Act Of Writing Quotes) The act of writing. Is the act of trying to understand why my opinion is what it is. And ultimately, I think that's the same experience the reader has when they pick up one of my books (Act Of Writing Quotes) The act of writing is either something the writer dreads or actually likes, and I actually like it. Even re-writing's fun. You're getting somewhere, whether it seems to move or not (Act Of Writing Quotes) I have long observed that the act of writing is viewed, by some, as an elite and otherworldly act, all the more so if a person isn’t paid for what she writes (Act Of Writing Quotes) The act of writing is a kind of catharsis, a liberation, but I never really concerned myself with that. I write because it interests me (Act Of Writing Quotes) The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers ghostlike (Act Of Writing Quotes) Romanticizing the act of writing or any other art is not very helpful to the artist or the art. It’s much better if one simply does (Act Of Writing Quotes) The heart is a river. The act of writing is the moving water that holds the banks apart, keeps the muscle of words flexing so that the reader can be carried along by this movement. To be given space and the chance to leave one’s earthly world. Is there any greater freedom than this? (Act Of Writing Quotes) The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn’t matter (Act Of Writing Quotes) The very act of writing assumes, to begin with, that someone cares to hear what you have to say. It assumes that people share, that people can be reached, that people can be touched and even in some cases changed. So many of the things in our world lead us to despair. It seems to me that the final symptom of despair is silence, and that storytelling is one of the sustaining arts; it’s one of the affirming arts. A writer may have a certain pessimism in his outlook, but the very act of being a writer seems to me to be an optimistic act (Act Of Writing Quotes) And now, advice for beginning mystics. Be sober, be intelligent, be educated, rely on the tangible reality as long as you can. Remember that the act of writing is a tiny part of a bigger something. Defend the value of the spiritual experience and if somebody tells you it’s an old fashioned notion, laugh loudly and serenely (Act Of Writing Quotes) The act of writing bears something in common with the act of love. The writer, at his most productive moments, just flows. He gives of that which is uniquely himself. He makes himself naked, recording his nakedness in the written word. Herein lies some of the terror which frequently freezes a writer, preventing him from producing. Herein, too, lies some of the courage that must be entailed in letting others learn how one has experienced or is experiencing the world (Act Of Writing Quotes) The world doesn’t fully make sense until the writer has secured his version of it on the page. And the act of writing is strangely more lifelike than life….every person who does serious time with a keyboard is attempting to translate his version of the world into words so that he might be understood…. Your job is to marshal the talent you do have and find people who believe in your work. What’s important, finally, is that you create, and that those creations define for you what matters most, that which cannot be extinguished even in the face of silence, solitude, and rejection (Act Of Writing Quotes) Almost 70 years have gone by, and I’ve still got that feeling when I write... Writing, for me, is still it. It has always been the basis of everything I do. I’m a writer who performs, not a performer who writes. I love the act of writing. It’s still a thrill for me (Act Of Writing Quotes) Writing is not magic. It’s a craft, a process, a set of steps. As with any process, things sometimes break down. Even in a good story, the writer runs into problems. So the act of writing always includes problem solving (Act Of Writing Quotes) I don’t think any man writing can worry about what the act of writing costs him, even though at times he is very aware of it (Act Of Writing Quotes) Some is, I think, the personal in any act of writing. You find yourself caught up: you start a sentence, and it becomes revelatory, not just of the character, but of you as well (Act Of Writing Quotes) I’ve found you can go on writing in the dark, and that the act of writing itself, that mysterious, dangerous, intoxicating, absorbing, nourishing magician’s trick, that act of creation is its own light (Act Of Writing Quotes)

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