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Writer Quotes

I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin Picture Quote #1

But you cannot expect every writer to dwell on human suffering. I think my books do deal with grave issues. People who say they are too positive probably haven't read them Picture Quote #1

A twenty one year old writer is likely to be inhibited by a lack of usable experience. Childhood and adolescence were something I knew Picture Quote #1

Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say Picture Quote #1

The fact that I am a writer comes from the experience of being cut away from my roots and living in Venezuela, where I couldn't find a place for myself, for years and years Picture Quote #1

I think almost every writer in the world would hope that books would be always talked about with respect and civility and depth and seriousness Picture Quote #1

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If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing, because you have that space Picture Quote #1

It seems disingenuous to ask a writer why she, or he, is writing about a violent subject when the world and history are filled with violence Picture Quote #1

I'm a method writer. In order to write about the emotion, I have to experience it. I get physically tired and exhausted, devoting hours and hours and hours to it Picture Quote #1

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment Picture Quote #1

I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you're trying to be a writer. Because it's the only apprenticeship we have. It's the only way of learning how to write a story Picture Quote #1

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones Picture Quote #1

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Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking Picture Quote #1

Faulkner is a writer who has had much to do with my soul, but Hemingway is the one who had the most to do with my craft - not simply for his books, but for his astounding knowledge of the aspect of craftsmanship in the science of writing Picture Quote #1

His style is chaos illumined by flashes of lightning. As a writer he has mastered everything except language Picture Quote #1

I think there's a time as a writer when you want to see the best things in life, and you go out wherever you go with your dreams as a writer or a composer Picture Quote #1

And as a writer, one of the things that I've always been interested in doing is actually invading your comfort space. Because that's what we're supposed to do. Get under your skin, and make you react Picture Quote #1

But I think there are a set of experiences that turn a potential writer into a working writer, and then there are places in your life were you start to recognize what you want to do Picture Quote #1

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If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut Picture Quote #1

Then there was Clark Ashton Smith, who wrote for Weird Tales and who had a wild imagination. He wasn't a very talented writer, but his imagination was wonderful Picture Quote #1

I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them Picture Quote #1

Only another writer, someone who had worked his heart out on a good book which sold three thousand copies, could appreciate the thrill that overcame me one April morning in 1973 when Dean Rivers of our small college in Georgia appeared at my classroom door Picture Quote #1

I might add that you change as a person as you grow older, so you change as a writer, too Picture Quote #1

Does Djilas, who is himself a writer, not know what human suffering and the human heart are? Can't he understand it if a soldier who has crossed thousands of kilometers through blood and fire and death has fun with a woman or takes some trifle? Picture Quote #1

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Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is a lousy fiction writer because her writing has no compassion and virtually no humor. She has a philosophical and economical message that she is passing off as fiction, but it really isn't fiction at all Picture Quote #1

To this day, if you ask me how I became a writer, I cannot give you an answer. To this day, if you ask me how a book is written, I cannot answer. For long periods, if I didn't know that somehow in the past I had written a book, I would have given up Picture Quote #1

At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone said silly things, and I said I wanted to be an actress. So that was what I wanted to be, but what I was, of course, was a writer Picture Quote #1

The freelance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps Picture Quote #1

In sissy times, like these, one - a writer, especially - can afford to be brutal, lean, mean, etc. In fact, in sissy times one practically has to peddle gore and garbage, for otherwise one won't sell Picture Quote #1

There is nothing more distressing or tiresome than a writer standing in front of an audience and reading his work Picture Quote #1

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I have pretty thick skin, and I think if you're going to be in this business, if you're going to be an actor or a writer, you better have a thick skin (Writer Quotes) But you cannot expect every writer to dwell on human suffering. I think my books do deal with grave issues. People who say they are too positive probably haven't read them (Writer Quotes) A twenty one year old writer is likely to be inhibited by a lack of usable experience. Childhood and adolescence were something I knew (Writer Quotes) Everything a writer learns about the art or craft of fiction takes just a little away from his need or desire to write at all. In the end he knows all the tricks and has nothing to say (Writer Quotes) The fact that I am a writer comes from the experience of being cut away from my roots and living in Venezuela, where I couldn't find a place for myself, for years and years (Writer Quotes) I think almost every writer in the world would hope that books would be always talked about with respect and civility and depth and seriousness (Writer Quotes) If you are a writer you locate yourself behind a wall of silence and no matter what you are doing, driving a car or walking or doing housework you can still be writing, because you have that space (Writer Quotes) It seems disingenuous to ask a writer why she, or he, is writing about a violent subject when the world and history are filled with violence (Writer Quotes) I'm a method writer. In order to write about the emotion, I have to experience it. I get physically tired and exhausted, devoting hours and hours and hours to it (Writer Quotes) About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal with good judgment (Writer Quotes) I really think that reading is just as important as writing when you're trying to be a writer. Because it's the only apprenticeship we have. It's the only way of learning how to write a story (Writer Quotes) For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones (Writer Quotes) Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking (Writer Quotes) Faulkner is a writer who has had much to do with my soul, but Hemingway is the one who had the most to do with my craft - not simply for his books, but for his astounding knowledge of the aspect of craftsmanship in the science of writing (Writer Quotes) His style is chaos illumined by flashes of lightning. As a writer he has mastered everything except language (Writer Quotes) I think there's a time as a writer when you want to see the best things in life, and you go out wherever you go with your dreams as a writer or a composer (Writer Quotes) And as a writer, one of the things that I've always been interested in doing is actually invading your comfort space. Because that's what we're supposed to do. Get under your skin, and make you react (Writer Quotes) But I think there are a set of experiences that turn a potential writer into a working writer, and then there are places in your life were you start to recognize what you want to do (Writer Quotes) If you want to be a writer, you must do two things above all others: read a lot and write a lot. There's no way around these two things that I'm aware of, no shortcut (Writer Quotes) Then there was Clark Ashton Smith, who wrote for Weird Tales and who had a wild imagination. He wasn't a very talented writer, but his imagination was wonderful (Writer Quotes) I don't think any good book is based on factual experience. Bad books are about things the writer already knew before he wrote them (Writer Quotes) Only another writer, someone who had worked his heart out on a good book which sold three thousand copies, could appreciate the thrill that overcame me one April morning in 1973 when Dean Rivers of our small college in Georgia appeared at my classroom door (Writer Quotes) I might add that you change as a person as you grow older, so you change as a writer, too (Writer Quotes) Does Djilas, who is himself a writer, not know what human suffering and the human heart are? Can't he understand it if a soldier who has crossed thousands of kilometers through blood and fire and death has fun with a woman or takes some trifle? (Writer Quotes) Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is a lousy fiction writer because her writing has no compassion and virtually no humor. She has a philosophical and economical message that she is passing off as fiction, but it really isn't fiction at all (Writer Quotes) To this day, if you ask me how I became a writer, I cannot give you an answer. To this day, if you ask me how a book is written, I cannot answer. For long periods, if I didn't know that somehow in the past I had written a book, I would have given up (Writer Quotes) At an early school, when I was about 5, they asked what we wanted to be when we grew up. Everyone said silly things, and I said I wanted to be an actress. So that was what I wanted to be, but what I was, of course, was a writer (Writer Quotes) The freelance writer is a man who is paid per piece or per word or perhaps (Writer Quotes) In sissy times, like these, one - a writer, especially - can afford to be brutal, lean, mean, etc. In fact, in sissy times one practically has to peddle gore and garbage, for otherwise one won't sell (Writer Quotes) There is nothing more distressing or tiresome than a writer standing in front of an audience and reading his work (Writer Quotes)

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