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Becoming A Writer Quotes

The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money Picture Quote #1

In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn’t realise it at the time Picture Quote #1

I’m first and foremost a writer. I followed my personal legend, my childhood dream of becoming a writer, but I can’t say why I’m one Picture Quote #1

If you think about becoming a writer, that’s just really one of the big dreams I had. It’s really important to have those dreams and pursue your passions Picture Quote #1

I came from two harsh dictatorships, Nazi and Stalinist. I never thought of becoming a writer as such, yet in a lucid moment, I recognised what I had to do Picture Quote #1

When I was really young, I wanted to grow up and be the sun. Which shows an early penchant for ambition or narcissism or grandiosity or delusion - all of which are bellwethers for becoming a writer Picture Quote #1

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I think my grandmother Woodrell was most responsible for my becoming a writer. She wasn’t quite literate, but was very proud that she attended school as far as the third grade. She worked as a maid, housekeeper and cook Picture Quote #1

I feel like a very lucky person. From the time I was young, I had a dream of becoming a writer. Now that dream has come true, and I am able to make my living doing something I really love Picture Quote #1

Perhaps I wasn’t going crazy after all. Perhaps I was just becoming a writer Picture Quote #1

I dreamed of becoming a writer. And . . . this dream is about to become a reality with the publication of my first, and hopefully not my last, children’s book . . Picture Quote #1

While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism Picture Quote #1

One of the more interesting things I’ve learnt since becoming a writer is that if you like the book, you’ll generally like the person. It doesn’t always work in reverse - there are huge numbers of lovely people out there writing not very good books Picture Quote #1

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There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money; the second that you have something to say that you think the world should know; the third is that you can’t think what to do with the long winter evenings Picture Quote #1

One of the best things that happened for me as a playwright is becoming a comic-book writer Picture Quote #1

If you’re well-known, you’re at the risk of becoming your own character. When you’re alone, as a writer, you have to be unknown, putting it all on the paper Picture Quote #1

I had a fear of becoming anything, a fear of becoming a specialist. I might have become a doctor, but if you become a doctor, that’s your specialty in life and you are defined by it. One of the attractions of being a writer is that you’re never a specialist. Your field is entirely open; your field is the entire human condition Picture Quote #1

The idea of being productive, the idea of producing many books is going to lead you toward you becoming a better and better writer Picture Quote #1

That sort of reception - where everything is assimilated to the world of celebrity - makes me dream of becoming a more recalcitrant, harder to assimilate writer Picture Quote #1

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The public figure of the writer, the writer-character, the ‘personality-cult’ of the author, are all becoming for me more and more intolerable in others, and consequently in myself Picture Quote #1

I had a blog where I tried to be transparent while giving away nothing. I tweeted and Facebooked badly. As a writer, your ‘voice’ is your calling card, yet my voice was becoming indistinguishable from billions of other voices Picture Quote #1

Becoming a writer is not a ‘career decision’ like becoming a doctor or a policeman. You don’t choose it so much as get chosen, and once you accept the fact that you’re not fit for anything else, you have to be prepared to walk a long, hard road for the rest of your days Picture Quote #1

The trick is not becoming a writer. The trick is staying a writer Picture Quote #1

The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write and keep on writing Picture Quote #1

I have never stopped considering not becoming a writer Picture Quote #1

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Perhaps I wasn’t going crazy after all. Perhaps I was just becoming a writer Picture Quote #1

Really, becoming a writer sounds more like a mental illness than a professional choice Picture Quote #1

He invented this idea of telling the life story of a great writer through becoming his characters and becoming him. It was such a pleasure and I thought we must find another writer Picture Quote #1

In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn’t realise it at the time Picture Quote #1

Reading usually precedes writing. And the impulse to write is almost always fired by reading. Reading, the love of reading, is what makes you dream of becoming a writer Picture Quote #1

Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. When you’re conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring about the truth, you have the ability to throw the lights on for your reader. He or she will recognize his or her life and truth in what you say, in the pictures you have painted, and this decreases the terrible sense of isolation that we have all had too much of Picture Quote #1

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The maturing process of becoming a writer is akin to that of a harlot. First you do it for love, then for a few friends, and finally only for money. (Becoming A Writer Quotes) In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn’t realise it at the time. (Becoming A Writer Quotes) I’m first and foremost a writer. I followed my personal legend, my childhood dream of becoming a writer, but I can’t say why I’m one. (Becoming A Writer Quotes) If you think about becoming a writer, that’s just really one of the big dreams I had. It’s really important to have those dreams and pursue your passions. (Becoming A Writer Quotes) I came from two harsh dictatorships, Nazi and Stalinist. I never thought of becoming a writer as such, yet in a lucid moment, I recognised what I had to do. (Becoming A Writer Quotes) When I was really young, I wanted to grow up and be the sun. Which shows an early penchant for ambition or narcissism or grandiosity or delusion - all of which are bellwethers for becoming a writer. (Becoming A Writer Quotes) I think my grandmother Woodrell was most responsible for my becoming a writer. She wasn’t quite literate, but was very proud that she attended school as far as the third grade. She worked as a maid, housekeeper and cook. (Becoming A Writer Quotes) I feel like a very lucky person. From the time I was young, I had a dream of becoming a writer. Now that dream has come true, and I am able to make my living doing something I really love. (Becoming A Writer Quotes) Perhaps I wasn’t going crazy after all. Perhaps I was just becoming a writer. (Becoming A Writer Quotes) I dreamed of becoming a writer. And . . . this dream is about to become a reality with the publication of my first, and hopefully not my last, children’s book . . . (Becoming A Writer Quotes) While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism. (Becoming A Writer Quotes) One of the more interesting things I’ve learnt since becoming a writer is that if you like the book, you’ll generally like the person. It doesn’t always work in reverse - there are huge numbers of lovely people out there writing not very good books. (Becoming A Writer Quotes) There are three reasons for becoming a writer: the first is that you need the money; the second that you have something to say that you think the world should know; the third is that you can’t think what to do with the long winter evenings. (Becoming A Writer Quotes) One of the best things that happened for me as a playwright is becoming a comic-book writer (Becoming A Writer Quotes) If you’re well-known, you’re at the risk of becoming your own character. When you’re alone, as a writer, you have to be unknown, putting it all on the paper. (Becoming A Writer Quotes) I had a fear of becoming anything, a fear of becoming a specialist. I might have become a doctor, but if you become a doctor, that’s your specialty in life and you are defined by it. One of the attractions of being a writer is that you’re never a specialist. Your field is entirely open; your field is the entire human condition. (Becoming A Writer Quotes) The idea of being productive, the idea of producing many books is going to lead you toward you becoming a better and better writer. (Becoming A Writer Quotes) That sort of reception - where everything is assimilated to the world of celebrity - makes me dream of becoming a more recalcitrant, harder to assimilate writer. (Becoming A Writer Quotes) The public figure of the writer, the writer-character, the ‘personality-cult’ of the author, are all becoming for me more and more intolerable in others, and consequently in myself. (Becoming A Writer Quotes) I had a blog where I tried to be transparent while giving away nothing. I tweeted and Facebooked badly. As a writer, your ‘voice’ is your calling card, yet my voice was becoming indistinguishable from billions of other voices (Becoming A Writer Quotes) Becoming a writer is not a ‘career decision’ like becoming a doctor or a policeman. You don’t choose it so much as get chosen, and once you accept the fact that you’re not fit for anything else, you have to be prepared to walk a long, hard road for the rest of your days (Becoming A Writer Quotes) The trick is not becoming a writer. The trick is staying a writer (Becoming A Writer Quotes) The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write and keep on writing (Becoming A Writer Quotes) I have never stopped considering not becoming a writer (Becoming A Writer Quotes) Perhaps I wasn’t going crazy after all. Perhaps I was just becoming a writer (Becoming A Writer Quotes) Really, becoming a writer sounds more like a mental illness than a professional choice (Becoming A Writer Quotes) He invented this idea of telling the life story of a great writer through becoming his characters and becoming him. It was such a pleasure and I thought we must find another writer (Becoming A Writer Quotes) In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn’t realise it at the time (Becoming A Writer Quotes) Reading usually precedes writing. And the impulse to write is almost always fired by reading. Reading, the love of reading, is what makes you dream of becoming a writer (Becoming A Writer Quotes) Becoming a writer is about becoming conscious. When you’re conscious and writing from a place of insight and simplicity and real caring about the truth, you have the ability to throw the lights on for your reader. He or she will recognize his or her life and truth in what you say, in the pictures you have painted, and this decreases the terrible sense of isolation that we have all had too much of (Becoming A Writer Quotes)

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