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Maxwell Perkins Quotes

Editors are extremely fallible people, all of them. Don’t put too much trust in them Picture Quote #1

I do not think anyone can read War and Peace too much. I read it six times Picture Quote #1

Every good thing that comes is accompanied by trouble Picture Quote #1

You have to throw yourself away when you write Picture Quote #1

Learn about writing from reading. That is the right way to do it Picture Quote #1

The book belongs to the author Picture Quote #1

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Writing, like drawing is an art, and whatever conveys the meaning is justified Picture Quote #1

I do not think you should read about writing while you are writing Picture Quote #1

If you are not discouraged about your writing on a regular basis, you may not be trying hard enough. Any challenging pursuit will encounter frequent patches of frustration. Writing is nothing if not challenging Picture Quote #1

Editors are extremely fallible people, all of them. Don’t put too much trust in them Picture Quote #1

Writing a novel is a very hard thing to do because it covers so long a space of time, and if you get discouraged it is not a bad sign, but a good one. If you think you are not doing it well, you are thinking the way real novelists do. I never knew one who did not feel greatly discouraged at times, and some get desperate, and I have always found that to be a good symptom Picture Quote #1

You can’t know a book until you come to the end of it, and then all the rest must be modified to fit that Picture Quote #1

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Of the whole public not a handful can understand the artist’s point of view or the writer’s conscience Picture Quote #1

I believe the writer... should always be the final judge. I have always held to that position and have sometimes seen books hurt thereby, but at least as often helped. The book belongs to the author Picture Quote #1

Anybody can find out if he is a writer. If he were a writer, when he tried to write of some particular day, he would find in the effort that he could recall exactly how the light fell and how the temperature felt, and all the quality of it. Most people cannot do it. If they can do it, they may never be successful in a pecuniary sense, but that ability is at the bottom of writing, I am sure Picture Quote #1

It is those people who know that they are right because some outside or higher power conveys the conviction to them who do the great damage in the world Picture Quote #1

I remember that night as a magical night, and the way the city looked. I always meant to go back there, but maybe it would be better not to, for things are never the same the second time Picture Quote #1

The job of editor in a publishing house is the dullest, hardest, most exciting, exasperating and rewarding of perhaps any job in the world Picture Quote #1

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What we publishers think is that our function is to bring everything out into the open, on the theory that we have an adult population that knows values, or can learn them, and let them decide Picture Quote #1

You are all right on time, except for the fact that time is the enemy of us all, and especially of the writer Picture Quote #1

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Editors are extremely fallible people, all of them. Don’t put too much trust in them. (Maxwell Perkins Quotes) I do not think anyone can read War and Peace too much. I read it six times (Maxwell Perkins Quotes) Every good thing that comes is accompanied by trouble (Maxwell Perkins Quotes) You have to throw yourself away when you write (Maxwell Perkins Quotes) Learn about writing from reading. That is the right way to do it (Maxwell Perkins Quotes) The book belongs to the author (Maxwell Perkins Quotes) Writing, like drawing is an art, and whatever conveys the meaning is justified (Maxwell Perkins Quotes) I do not think you should read about writing while you are writing (Maxwell Perkins Quotes) If you are not discouraged about your writing on a regular basis, you may not be trying hard enough. Any challenging pursuit will encounter frequent patches of frustration. Writing is nothing if not challenging (Maxwell Perkins Quotes) Editors are extremely fallible people, all of them. Don’t put too much trust in them (Maxwell Perkins Quotes) Writing a novel is a very hard thing to do because it covers so long a space of time, and if you get discouraged it is not a bad sign, but a good one. If you think you are not doing it well, you are thinking the way real novelists do. I never knew one who did not feel greatly discouraged at times, and some get desperate, and I have always found that to be a good symptom (Maxwell Perkins Quotes) You can’t know a book until you come to the end of it, and then all the rest must be modified to fit that (Maxwell Perkins Quotes) Of the whole public not a handful can understand the artist’s point of view or the writer’s conscience (Maxwell Perkins Quotes) I believe the writer... should always be the final judge. I have always held to that position and have sometimes seen books hurt thereby, but at least as often helped. The book belongs to the author (Maxwell Perkins Quotes) Anybody can find out if he is a writer. If he were a writer, when he tried to write of some particular day, he would find in the effort that he could recall exactly how the light fell and how the temperature felt, and all the quality of it. Most people cannot do it. If they can do it, they may never be successful in a pecuniary sense, but that ability is at the bottom of writing, I am sure (Maxwell Perkins Quotes) It is those people who know that they are right because some outside or higher power conveys the conviction to them who do the great damage in the world (Maxwell Perkins Quotes) I remember that night as a magical night, and the way the city looked. I always meant to go back there, but maybe it would be better not to, for things are never the same the second time (Maxwell Perkins Quotes) The job of editor in a publishing house is the dullest, hardest, most exciting, exasperating and rewarding of perhaps any job in the world (Maxwell Perkins Quotes) What we publishers think is that our function is to bring everything out into the open, on the theory that we have an adult population that knows values, or can learn them, and let them decide (Maxwell Perkins Quotes) You are all right on time, except for the fact that time is the enemy of us all, and especially of the writer (Maxwell Perkins Quotes)