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I enjoy the process of writing collaboration so there’s some stuff that already that may happen and then some stuff that I’m initiating that I may write on my own Picture Quote #1

Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available Picture Quote #1

The urge to write one’s autobiography, so I have been told, overtakes everyone sooner or later Picture Quote #1

I like to write on airplanes... that forced meditation time when you have nothing else to do, so your mind is allowed to go to places it wouldn’t otherwise go Picture Quote #1

I think you write only out of a great trouble. A trouble of excitement, a trouble of enlargement, a trouble of displacement in yourself Picture Quote #1

The older I grow the more sharply I mistrust words. So few of them have any meaning left. It is impossible to write one sentence in which every word has the bareness and hardness of bones, the reality of the skeleton Picture Quote #1

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I don’t want the world to give me anything for my books except money enough to save me from the temptation to write only for money Picture Quote #1

When I was in the gulag I would sometimes even write on stone walls. I used to write on scraps of paper, then I memorised the contents and destroyed the scraps Picture Quote #1

Never write on a subject without first having read yourself full on it; and never read on a subject till you have thought yourself hungry on it Picture Quote #1

The table I write on I say exists... meaning thereby that if I was in my study I might perceive it, or that some other spirit actually does perceive it Picture Quote #1

What a book a devil’s chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature! Picture Quote #1

You may abuse a tragedy, though you cannot write one. You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though you cannot make a table. It is not your trade to make tables Picture Quote #1

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My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel Picture Quote #1

I don’t like the word rock opera, but I’m trying to write on that level that’s reserved for plays still, or novels Picture Quote #1

When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know I can never do it. Then gradually, I write one page and then another. One day’s work is all I can permit myself to contemplate Picture Quote #1

I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine Picture Quote #1

There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love Picture Quote #1

What I adore is supreme professionalism. I’m bored by writers who can write only when it’s raining Picture Quote #1

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You ask me why I spend my life writing? Do I find entertainment? Is it worthwhile? Above all, does it pay? If not, then, is there a reason?... I write only because there is a voice within me. That will not be still Picture Quote #1

I will write on the pages of history what I want them to say. I will be myself. I will speak my own name Picture Quote #1

I can write anywhere. I write in airports. I write on airplanes. I’ve written in the back seats of taxis. I write in hotel rooms. I love hotel rooms. I just write wherever I am whenever I need to write Picture Quote #1

People would ask me to autograph their bodies and then the next time I’d see them on tour they’d have my autograph tattooed. I decided I wouldn’t write on people anymore, but I’d give them arms and legs and if they wanted those autographed I’d do that Picture Quote #1

Your first book is the only one that matters. Perhaps a writer should write only that one. That is the one moment when you make the big leap; the opportunity to express yourself is offered that once, and you untie the knot within you then or never again Picture Quote #1

Writing a book is a tremendous experience. It pays off intellectually. It clarifies your thinking. It builds credibility. It is a living engine of marketing and idea spreading, working every day to deliver your message with authority. You should write one Picture Quote #1

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No one ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have tried while trying to write one Picture Quote #1

There’s a higher place that I have no illusions about reaching. There’s a sophistication and aesthetic about composers who only write only for the music’s sake Picture Quote #1

When my writing really started to take off was when I made a decision that I would write only what I wanted to write, and if 10 people wanted to hear it, that’s fine Picture Quote #1

Well, you just know, as a writer, I didn’t really write one of the five best screenplays of the year. There were lots of brilliant screenplays; I was just one of the lucky ones who got nominated Picture Quote #1

It is a shameful and unseemly thing to think one thing and to speak another, but how odious to write one thing and to think another Picture Quote #1

How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of despising glory Picture Quote #1

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I enjoy the process of writing collaboration so there’s some stuff that already that may happen and then some stuff that I’m initiating that I may write on my own (Write On Quotes) Genius can write on the back of old envelopes but mere talent requires the finest stationery available (Write On Quotes) The urge to write one’s autobiography, so I have been told, overtakes everyone sooner or later (Write On Quotes) I like to write on airplanes... that forced meditation time when you have nothing else to do, so your mind is allowed to go to places it wouldn’t otherwise go (Write On Quotes) I think you write only out of a great trouble. A trouble of excitement, a trouble of enlargement, a trouble of displacement in yourself (Write On Quotes) The older I grow the more sharply I mistrust words. So few of them have any meaning left. It is impossible to write one sentence in which every word has the bareness and hardness of bones, the reality of the skeleton (Write On Quotes) I don’t want the world to give me anything for my books except money enough to save me from the temptation to write only for money (Write On Quotes) When I was in the gulag I would sometimes even write on stone walls. I used to write on scraps of paper, then I memorised the contents and destroyed the scraps (Write On Quotes) Never write on a subject without first having read yourself full on it; and never read on a subject till you have thought yourself hungry on it (Write On Quotes) The table I write on I say exists... meaning thereby that if I was in my study I might perceive it, or that some other spirit actually does perceive it (Write On Quotes) What a book a devil’s chaplain might write on the clumsy, wasteful, blundering, low, and horribly cruel work of nature! (Write On Quotes) You may abuse a tragedy, though you cannot write one. You may scold a carpenter who has made you a bad table, though you cannot make a table. It is not your trade to make tables (Write On Quotes) My sole literary ambition is to write one good novel, then retire to my hut in the desert, assume the lotus position, compose my mind and senses, and sink into meditation, contemplating my novel (Write On Quotes) I don’t like the word rock opera, but I’m trying to write on that level that’s reserved for plays still, or novels (Write On Quotes) When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know I can never do it. Then gradually, I write one page and then another. One day’s work is all I can permit myself to contemplate (Write On Quotes) I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine (Write On Quotes) There is only one page left to write on. I will fill it with words of only one syllable. I love. I have loved. I will love (Write On Quotes) What I adore is supreme professionalism. I’m bored by writers who can write only when it’s raining (Write On Quotes) You ask me why I spend my life writing? Do I find entertainment? Is it worthwhile? Above all, does it pay? If not, then, is there a reason?... I write only because there is a voice within me. That will not be still (Write On Quotes) I will write on the pages of history what I want them to say. I will be myself. I will speak my own name (Write On Quotes) I can write anywhere. I write in airports. I write on airplanes. I’ve written in the back seats of taxis. I write in hotel rooms. I love hotel rooms. I just write wherever I am whenever I need to write (Write On Quotes) People would ask me to autograph their bodies and then the next time I’d see them on tour they’d have my autograph tattooed. I decided I wouldn’t write on people anymore, but I’d give them arms and legs and if they wanted those autographed I’d do that (Write On Quotes) Your first book is the only one that matters. Perhaps a writer should write only that one. That is the one moment when you make the big leap; the opportunity to express yourself is offered that once, and you untie the knot within you then or never again (Write On Quotes) Writing a book is a tremendous experience. It pays off intellectually. It clarifies your thinking. It builds credibility. It is a living engine of marketing and idea spreading, working every day to deliver your message with authority. You should write one (Write On Quotes) No one ever committed suicide while reading a good book, but many have tried while trying to write one (Write On Quotes) There’s a higher place that I have no illusions about reaching. There’s a sophistication and aesthetic about composers who only write only for the music’s sake (Write On Quotes) When my writing really started to take off was when I made a decision that I would write only what I wanted to write, and if 10 people wanted to hear it, that’s fine (Write On Quotes) Well, you just know, as a writer, I didn’t really write one of the five best screenplays of the year. There were lots of brilliant screenplays; I was just one of the lucky ones who got nominated (Write On Quotes) It is a shameful and unseemly thing to think one thing and to speak another, but how odious to write one thing and to think another (Write On Quotes) How do our philosophers act? Do they not inscribe their signatures to the very essays they write on the propriety of despising glory (Write On Quotes)

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