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Nadine Gordimer Quotes

Afrikaner women are lower than rats, closer related to plants, just fit enough to be raped in an act of genus preservation Picture Quote #1

The process of writing fiction is totally unconscious. It comes from what you are learning, as you live, from within. For me, all writing is a process of discovery. We are looking for the meaning of life. No matter where you are, there are conflicts and dramas everywhere. It is the process of what it means to be a human being; how you react and are reacted upon, these inward and outer pressures. If you are writing with a direct cause in mind, you are writing propaganda. It’s fatal for a fiction writer Picture Quote #1

Your whole life you are really writing one book, which is an attempt to grasp the consciousness of your time and place– a single book written from different stages of your ability Picture Quote #1

The caged eagle become a metaphor for all forms of isolation, the ultimate in imprisonment. A zoo is prison Picture Quote #1

The solitude of writing is also quite frightening. It’s quite close to madness, one just disappears for a day and loses touch Picture Quote #1

It’s impossible to conquer all fear and loss by preparation. There are always sources of desolation that aren’t taken into account because no one knows what they will be Picture Quote #1

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Writers themselves don’t analyze what they do; to analyze would be to look down while crossing a canyon on a tightrope Picture Quote #1

It’s absolutely fatal to your writing to think about how your work will be received. It’s a betrayal of whatever talent you have Picture Quote #1

The function of a writer is to make sense of life. It is such a mystery, it changes all the time, like the light Picture Quote #1

I have learned since that sometimes the things we want most are impossible for us. You may long to come home, yet wander forever Picture Quote #1

I’m a candle flame that sways in currents of air you can’t see. You need to be the one who steadies me to burn Picture Quote #1

What is the purpose of writing? For me personally, it is really to explain the mystery of life, and the mystery of life includes, of course, the personal, the political, the forces that make us what we are while there’s another force from inside battling to make us something else Picture Quote #1

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In various and different circumstances certain objects and individuals are going to turn out to be vital. The wager of survival cannot, by its nature, reveal which, in advance of events Picture Quote #1

Written words still have the amazing power to bring out the best and worst of human nature Picture Quote #1

The forces of being remain. They are what the writer, as distinct from the contemporary popular mythmaker, still engage today, as myth in its ancient form attempted to do Picture Quote #1

I was evidence of the theory that books are made out of other books... But I did not remain so for long, nor do I believe any potential writer could Picture Quote #1

Being here: in a particular time and place. That is the existential position with particular implications for literature Picture Quote #1

We must live fully in order to secrete the substance of our work, but we have to work alone Picture Quote #1

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Fiction is a way of exploring possibilities present but undreamt of in the living of a single life Picture Quote #1

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Afrikaner women are lower than rats, closer related to plants, just fit enough to be raped in an act of genus preservation (Nadine Gordimer Quotes) The process of writing fiction is totally unconscious. It comes from what you are learning, as you live, from within. For me, all writing is a process of discovery. We are looking for the meaning of life. No matter where you are, there are conflicts and dramas everywhere. It is the process of what it means to be a human being; how you react and are reacted upon, these inward and outer pressures. If you are writing with a direct cause in mind, you are writing propaganda. It’s fatal for a fiction writer (Nadine Gordimer Quotes) Your whole life you are really writing one book, which is an attempt to grasp the consciousness of your time and place– a single book written from different stages of your ability (Nadine Gordimer Quotes) The caged eagle become a metaphor for all forms of isolation, the ultimate in imprisonment. A zoo is prison (Nadine Gordimer Quotes) The solitude of writing is also quite frightening. It’s quite close to madness, one just disappears for a day and loses touch (Nadine Gordimer Quotes) It’s impossible to conquer all fear and loss by preparation. There are always sources of desolation that aren’t taken into account because no one knows what they will be (Nadine Gordimer Quotes) Writers themselves don’t analyze what they do; to analyze would be to look down while crossing a canyon on a tightrope (Nadine Gordimer Quotes) It’s absolutely fatal to your writing to think about how your work will be received. It’s a betrayal of whatever talent you have (Nadine Gordimer Quotes) The function of a writer is to make sense of life. It is such a mystery, it changes all the time, like the light (Nadine Gordimer Quotes) I have learned since that sometimes the things we want most are impossible for us. You may long to come home, yet wander forever (Nadine Gordimer Quotes) I’m a candle flame that sways in currents of air you can’t see. You need to be the one who steadies me to burn (Nadine Gordimer Quotes) What is the purpose of writing? For me personally, it is really to explain the mystery of life, and the mystery of life includes, of course, the personal, the political, the forces that make us what we are while there’s another force from inside battling to make us something else (Nadine Gordimer Quotes) In various and different circumstances certain objects and individuals are going to turn out to be vital. The wager of survival cannot, by its nature, reveal which, in advance of events (Nadine Gordimer Quotes) Written words still have the amazing power to bring out the best and worst of human nature (Nadine Gordimer Quotes) The forces of being remain. They are what the writer, as distinct from the contemporary popular mythmaker, still engage today, as myth in its ancient form attempted to do (Nadine Gordimer Quotes) I was evidence of the theory that books are made out of other books... But I did not remain so for long, nor do I believe any potential writer could (Nadine Gordimer Quotes) Being here: in a particular time and place. That is the existential position with particular implications for literature (Nadine Gordimer Quotes) We must live fully in order to secrete the substance of our work, but we have to work alone (Nadine Gordimer Quotes) Fiction is a way of exploring possibilities present but undreamt of in the living of a single life (Nadine Gordimer Quotes)

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