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American Writer Quotes

I want people to read good work. If I see someone reading a book by Lorrie Moore or Jennifer Egan, I’m psyched. If I see them reading X Latin American Writer Who Sucks, I’m not psyched. But in terms of news, I do think that’s important Picture Quote #1

One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don’t clean it up too quickly. ~ (1919-), American writer, producer, humorist Picture Quote #1

If you just sit there, and you’re a writer, you’re bound to write crap. A lot of American writing is crap. And a lot of American writers are professionals Picture Quote #1

I love contemporary North American fiction and short fiction. My favorite writer is Jonathan Franzen, and my favorite writers of short fiction are George Saunders and Alice Munro Picture Quote #1

The writer Richard Manning has argued that ‘the most destructive force in the American West is its commanding views, because they foster the illusion that we command Picture Quote #1

I’m an immigrant writer, or an African writer, or an Ethiopian-American writer, and occasionally an American writer according to the whims and needs of my interpreters Picture Quote #1

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I came out of Capitol Hill. Well, that’s just not an ordinary background for a writer of the ordinary American sort Picture Quote #1

My father was a frustrated writer. I think he wanted to write the great American novel Picture Quote #1

Fantasy doesn’t have to be fantastic. American writers in particular find this much harder to grasp. You need to have your feet on the ground as much as your head in the clouds. The cute dragon that sits on your shoulder also craps all down your back, but this makes it more interesting because it gives it an added dimension Picture Quote #1

Maybe just as many women writers as male writers could be billed as the next great American writer by their publisher. Maybe book criticism sections could review an equal amount of female and male writers. Maybe Oprah could start putting some books by women authors in her book club, since most of her audience is women Picture Quote #1

I’m one of the few Black writers, or African American writers, who managed to work my way through the system so that it has allowed me to speak in a kind of free way. But most African American writers don’t have that. They don’t have that opportunity, they don’t have that Picture Quote #1

The American writer is a very pampered figure - by foundations, by fellowships, by publishing advances. Even though I am not American, I have been pampered enough myself to know how it can make your life too frictionless Picture Quote #1

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Our everyday language has become encumbered, Germanic, artificial, bureaucratic, inorganic. It may not be exaggerated to say that by now American writers face but two alternatives: write English, or write gobbledygook Picture Quote #1

The best American writers have come from the hinterlands -- Mark Twain, Theodore Dreiser, Jack London, Hemingway, Faulkner, Wolfe, Steinbeck. Most of them never even went to college Picture Quote #1

American writer 1803-1882 Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning Picture Quote #1

When success happens to an English writer, he acquires a new typewriter. When success happens to an American writer, he acquires a new life Picture Quote #1

I feel empowered to be a different kind of writer. The longer I stay here, the more light filters into my work. I feel very American. I belong Picture Quote #1

Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody’s writing about them. They’re really an underrepresented population, and the ironic thing is very, very few of those we call Native American writers actually grew up on reservations, and yet most of their work is about reservations Picture Quote #1

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Painters, especially American painters since the Second World War, have been much more troubled, beset by formal perplexity, than American writers. Theyve been a laboratory for everybody Picture Quote #1

I am happy to be a regional writer. My region is the American West, old Mexico, West Virginia, New York, Europe, Australia, the human heart, and the male groin Picture Quote #1

The task of an American writer is not to describe the misgivings of a woman taken in adultery as she looks out of a window at the rain but to describe four hundred people under the lights reaching for a foul ball. This is ceremony Picture Quote #1

American writers want to be not good but great; and so are neither Picture Quote #1

It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane Picture Quote #1

Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers Picture Quote #1

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American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous Picture Quote #1

It is in this matter that I fall foul of so many American writers on writing; they seem to think that writing is a confidence game by means of which the author cajoles a restless, dull-witted, shallow audience into hearing his point of view. Such an attitude is base, and can only beget base prose Picture Quote #1

If you just sit there, and you’re a writer, you’re bound to write crap. A lot of American writing is crap. And a lot of American writers are professionals Picture Quote #1

Fantasy doesn’t have to be fantastic. American writers in particular find this much harder to grasp. You need to have your feet on the ground as much as your head in the clouds. The cute dragon that sits on your shoulder also craps all down your back, but this makes it more interesting because it gives it an added dimension Picture Quote #1

American writers, at least those of us who are fortunate enough to support ourselves in the field, are by and large a lucky lot Picture Quote #1

Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the daytime or when both were sober Picture Quote #1

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I want people to read good work. If I see someone reading a book by Lorrie Moore or Jennifer Egan, I’m psyched. If I see them reading X Latin American Writer Who Sucks, I’m not psyched. But in terms of news, I do think that’s important (American Writer Quotes) One of the most glorious messes in the world is the mess created in the living room on Christmas day. Don’t clean it up too quickly. ~ (1919-), American writer, producer, humorist. (American Writer Quotes) If you just sit there, and you’re a writer, you’re bound to write crap. A lot of American writing is crap. And a lot of American writers are professionals. (American Writer Quotes) I love contemporary North American fiction and short fiction. My favorite writer is Jonathan Franzen, and my favorite writers of short fiction are George Saunders and Alice Munro. (American Writer Quotes) The writer Richard Manning has argued that ‘the most destructive force in the American West is its commanding views, because they foster the illusion that we command. (American Writer Quotes) I’m an immigrant writer, or an African writer, or an Ethiopian-American writer, and occasionally an American writer according to the whims and needs of my interpreters. (American Writer Quotes) I came out of Capitol Hill. Well, that’s just not an ordinary background for a writer of the ordinary American sort. (American Writer Quotes) My father was a frustrated writer. I think he wanted to write the great American novel. (American Writer Quotes) Fantasy doesn’t have to be fantastic. American writers in particular find this much harder to grasp. You need to have your feet on the ground as much as your head in the clouds. The cute dragon that sits on your shoulder also craps all down your back, but this makes it more interesting because it gives it an added dimension. (American Writer Quotes) Maybe just as many women writers as male writers could be billed as the next great American writer by their publisher. Maybe book criticism sections could review an equal amount of female and male writers. Maybe Oprah could start putting some books by women authors in her book club, since most of her audience is women. (American Writer Quotes) I’m one of the few Black writers, or African American writers, who managed to work my way through the system so that it has allowed me to speak in a kind of free way. But most African American writers don’t have that. They don’t have that opportunity, they don’t have that. (American Writer Quotes) The American writer is a very pampered figure - by foundations, by fellowships, by publishing advances. Even though I am not American, I have been pampered enough myself to know how it can make your life too frictionless. (American Writer Quotes) Our everyday language has become encumbered, Germanic, artificial, bureaucratic, inorganic. It may not be exaggerated to say that by now American writers face but two alternatives: write English, or write gobbledygook. (American Writer Quotes) The best American writers have come from the hinterlands -- Mark Twain, Theodore Dreiser, Jack London, Hemingway, Faulkner, Wolfe, Steinbeck. Most of them never even went to college. (American Writer Quotes) American writer 1803-1882 Play is our brain’s favorite way of learning (American Writer Quotes) When success happens to an English writer, he acquires a new typewriter. When success happens to an American writer, he acquires a new life (American Writer Quotes) I feel empowered to be a different kind of writer. The longer I stay here, the more light filters into my work. I feel very American. I belong (American Writer Quotes) Sixty percent of all Indians live in urban areas, but nobody’s writing about them. They’re really an underrepresented population, and the ironic thing is very, very few of those we call Native American writers actually grew up on reservations, and yet most of their work is about reservations (American Writer Quotes) Painters, especially American painters since the Second World War, have been much more troubled, beset by formal perplexity, than American writers. Theyve been a laboratory for everybody (American Writer Quotes) I am happy to be a regional writer. My region is the American West, old Mexico, West Virginia, New York, Europe, Australia, the human heart, and the male groin (American Writer Quotes) The task of an American writer is not to describe the misgivings of a woman taken in adultery as she looks out of a window at the rain but to describe four hundred people under the lights reaching for a foul ball. This is ceremony (American Writer Quotes) American writers want to be not good but great; and so are neither (American Writer Quotes) It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane (American Writer Quotes) Every time I make American film I just trust American directors and American writers (American Writer Quotes) American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous (American Writer Quotes) It is in this matter that I fall foul of so many American writers on writing; they seem to think that writing is a confidence game by means of which the author cajoles a restless, dull-witted, shallow audience into hearing his point of view. Such an attitude is base, and can only beget base prose (American Writer Quotes) If you just sit there, and you’re a writer, you’re bound to write crap. A lot of American writing is crap. And a lot of American writers are professionals (American Writer Quotes) Fantasy doesn’t have to be fantastic. American writers in particular find this much harder to grasp. You need to have your feet on the ground as much as your head in the clouds. The cute dragon that sits on your shoulder also craps all down your back, but this makes it more interesting because it gives it an added dimension (American Writer Quotes) American writers, at least those of us who are fortunate enough to support ourselves in the field, are by and large a lucky lot (American Writer Quotes) Some American writers who have known each other for years have never met in the daytime or when both were sober (American Writer Quotes)