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Writer Quotes

Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory Picture Quote #1

You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer Picture Quote #1

Remember Graham Green's dictum that childhood is the bank balance of the writer? I think that all writers feel alienated. Most of us go back to an alienated childhood in some way or another. I know that I do Picture Quote #1

The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell Picture Quote #1

Every writer I know has trouble writing Picture Quote #1

If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes Picture Quote #1

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If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster Picture Quote #1

A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit Picture Quote #1

A writer is a world trapped in a person Picture Quote #1

A real writer doesn’t just want to write; a real writer has to write Picture Quote #1

The best way to become a writer is to go off and write Picture Quote #1

My life as a writer consists of 1/8 talent and 7/8 discipline Picture Quote #1

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A tragic writer does not have to believe in God, but he must believe in man Picture Quote #1

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood Picture Quote #1

I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous Picture Quote #1

I got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That's rewarding Picture Quote #1

I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who happens to write Picture Quote #1

Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write Picture Quote #1

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I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better Picture Quote #1

Multitudes of words are neither an argument of clear ideas in the writer, nor a proper means of conveying clear notions to the reader Picture Quote #1

Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write Picture Quote #1

Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen Picture Quote #1

To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies Picture Quote #1

The qualities of a second rate writer can easily be defined, but a first rate writer can only be experienced. It is just the thing in him which escapes analysis that makes him first rate Picture Quote #1

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If you wish to write well, study the life about you, life in the public streets Picture Quote #1

Every writer is necessarily a critic that is, each sentence is a skeleton accompanied by enormous activity of rejection; and each selection is governed by general principles concerning truth, force, beauty, and so on. The critic that is in every fabulist is like the iceberg nine tenths of him is under water Picture Quote #1

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power Picture Quote #1

The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book Picture Quote #1

The greatness of an artist or a writer does not depend on what he has in common with other artists and writers, but on what he has peculiar to himself Picture Quote #1

I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a sense of tension. If they haven't got one immediately available to them, then they usually manage to manufacture it in their private lives Picture Quote #1

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Why did I write? Because I found life unsatisfactory (Writer Quotes) You need a certain amount of nerve to be a writer (Writer Quotes) Remember Graham Green's dictum that childhood is the bank balance of the writer? I think that all writers feel alienated. Most of us go back to an alienated childhood in some way or another. I know that I do (Writer Quotes) The more sins you confess, the more books you will sell (Writer Quotes) Every writer I know has trouble writing (Writer Quotes) If you're a writer, the answer to everything is yes (Writer Quotes) If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn’t brood. I’d type a little faster (Writer Quotes) A professional writer is an amateur who didn’t quit (Writer Quotes) A writer is a world trapped in a person (Writer Quotes) A real writer doesn’t just want to write; a real writer has to write (Writer Quotes) The best way to become a writer is to go off and write (Writer Quotes) My life as a writer consists of 1/8 talent and 7/8 discipline (Writer Quotes) A tragic writer does not have to believe in God, but he must believe in man (Writer Quotes) Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood (Writer Quotes) I wrote because I needed to and wanted to. It never occurred to me that I'd become famous (Writer Quotes) I got a lovely check today from being a writer that I earned by sitting at home. That's rewarding (Writer Quotes) I am a writer who happens to love women. I am not a lesbian who happens to write (Writer Quotes) Nature, not content with denying him the ability to think, has endowed him with the ability to write (Writer Quotes) I can write better than anybody who can write faster, and I can write faster than anybody who can write better (Writer Quotes) Multitudes of words are neither an argument of clear ideas in the writer, nor a proper means of conveying clear notions to the reader (Writer Quotes) Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write (Writer Quotes) Most of the basic material a writer works with is acquired before the age of fifteen (Writer Quotes) To note an artist's limitations is but to define his talent. A reporter can write equally well about everything that is presented to his view, but a creative writer can do his best only with what lies within the range and character of his deepest sympathies (Writer Quotes) The qualities of a second rate writer can easily be defined, but a first rate writer can only be experienced. It is just the thing in him which escapes analysis that makes him first rate (Writer Quotes) If you wish to write well, study the life about you, life in the public streets (Writer Quotes) Every writer is necessarily a critic that is, each sentence is a skeleton accompanied by enormous activity of rejection; and each selection is governed by general principles concerning truth, force, beauty, and so on. The critic that is in every fabulist is like the iceberg nine tenths of him is under water (Writer Quotes) The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power (Writer Quotes) The unflattering reviews are painful for short periods of time; the badly written ones are deeply, deeply insulting. That reviewer took no time to really read the book (Writer Quotes) The greatness of an artist or a writer does not depend on what he has in common with other artists and writers, but on what he has peculiar to himself (Writer Quotes) I don't think that there are very many good writers who don't live without a sense of tension. If they haven't got one immediately available to them, then they usually manage to manufacture it in their private lives (Writer Quotes)

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