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Writer Quotes

Movies are always made by committees, and the writer is not at the head of the committee. Thus, mush Picture Quote #1

In such a case the writer is apt to have recourse to epigrams. Somewhere in this world there is an epigram for every dilemma Picture Quote #1

Life can’t ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer’s lover until death – fascinating, cruel, lavish, warm, cold, treacherous, constant Picture Quote #1

The writer writes in order to teach himself, to understand himself, to satisfy himself; the publishing of his ideas, though it brings gratification, is a curious anticlimax Picture Quote #1

What makes a good writer of history is a guy who is suspicious. Suspicion marks the real difference between the man who wants to write honest history and the one who’d rather write a good story Picture Quote #1

There ought to be some sign in a book about man, that the writer knows thoroughly one man at least Picture Quote #1

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We never know how much has been missing from our lives until a true writer comes along Picture Quote #1

What happens whenever we convert a writer into a symbol is that we lose the writer himself in all his indefeasible singularity, his particular inimitable genius Picture Quote #1

Your business as a writer is not to illustrate virtue but to show how a fellow may move toward it or away from it Picture Quote #1

The writer has a grudge against society, which he documents with accounts of unsatisfying sex, unrealized ambition, unmitigated loneliness, and a sense of local and global distress. The square, overpopulation, the bourgeois, the bomb and the cocktail party are variously identified as sources of the grudge. There follows a little obscenity here, a dash of philosophy there, considerable whining overall, and a modern satirical novel is born Picture Quote #1

Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn’t fit for society; I didn’t fit into the system Picture Quote #1

Either a writer doesn’t want to talk about his work, or he talks about it more than you want Picture Quote #1

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The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him Picture Quote #1

The writer must be able to revel and roll in the abundance of words; he must know not only the direct but also the secret power of a word. There are overtones and undertones to a word, and lateral echoes, too Picture Quote #1

As a writer, I don’t think it’s my responsibility to make a point. I just write and hope there’s someone who’ll like it Picture Quote #1

One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as becomes possible to him or her in language Picture Quote #1

The writer by nature of his profession is a dreamer and a conscious dreamer. He must imagine, and imagination takes humility, love and great courage. How can you create a character without live and the struggle that goes with love? Picture Quote #1

Every writer since the beginning of time, just like other people, has been afflicted by what a friend of mine calls Picture Quote #1

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Friends, both the imaginary ones you build for yourself out of phrases taken from a living writer, or real ones from college, and relatives, despite all the waste of ceremony and fakery and the fact that out of an hour of conversation you may have only five minutes in which the old entente reappears, are the only real means for foreign ideas to enter your brain Picture Quote #1

Such reproductions may not interest the reader; but after all, this is my autobiography, not his; he is under no obligation to read further in it; he was under none to begin. A modest or inhibited autobiography is written without entertainment to the writer and read with distrust by the reader Picture Quote #1

What has a writer to be bombastic about? Whatever good a man may write is the consequence of accident, luck, or surprise, and nobody is more surprised than an honest writer when he makes a good phrase or says something truthful Picture Quote #1

A pathological business, writing, don’t you think? Just look what a writer actually does: all that unnatural tense squatting and hunching, all those rituals: pathological! Picture Quote #1

I don’t know what it’s like for a book writer or a doctor or a teacher as they work to get established in their jobs, but for a singer, you’ve got to continue to grow or else you’re just like last night’s cornbread... stale and dry Picture Quote #1

I recall that my workshop leaders were tactful in their ways of acquainting me with my shortcomings as a writer. So much so that I hardly realized they were doing it. I want always to keep that sort of thing in mind when I’m teaching. The way you get better in everything in this life is to make mistakes. Otherwise you’re probably doing it right by accident. But you have to do everything wrong before you can really start with some authority to do it right Picture Quote #1

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The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yoghurt Picture Quote #1

The familiar writer is apt to be his own satirist. Out of his own mouth is he judged Picture Quote #1

I’m not a pop song lyric writer. I can’t just focus on one simple meaning or even a double entendre Picture Quote #1

First and foremost I am a commercial writer, and I hope to entertain people. But having said that, I’m in love with the relationship between humans and dogs, and the more I learned about what our military working dogs are doing, I wanted to at least share with people what an important role these animals have in all our lives Picture Quote #1

I’m a workmanlike writer. I show up every day and treat it like a job. The old rule that writing is like any other job, the first rule is that you must show up. I’m at the keyboard from 9 to 4 every day Picture Quote #1

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Movies are always made by committees, and the writer is not at the head of the committee. Thus, mush (Writer Quotes) In such a case the writer is apt to have recourse to epigrams. Somewhere in this world there is an epigram for every dilemma (Writer Quotes) Life can’t ever really defeat a writer who is in love with writing, for life itself is a writer’s lover until death – fascinating, cruel, lavish, warm, cold, treacherous, constant (Writer Quotes) The writer writes in order to teach himself, to understand himself, to satisfy himself; the publishing of his ideas, though it brings gratification, is a curious anticlimax (Writer Quotes) What makes a good writer of history is a guy who is suspicious. Suspicion marks the real difference between the man who wants to write honest history and the one who’d rather write a good story (Writer Quotes) There ought to be some sign in a book about man, that the writer knows thoroughly one man at least (Writer Quotes) We never know how much has been missing from our lives until a true writer comes along (Writer Quotes) What happens whenever we convert a writer into a symbol is that we lose the writer himself in all his indefeasible singularity, his particular inimitable genius (Writer Quotes) Your business as a writer is not to illustrate virtue but to show how a fellow may move toward it or away from it (Writer Quotes) The writer has a grudge against society, which he documents with accounts of unsatisfying sex, unrealized ambition, unmitigated loneliness, and a sense of local and global distress. The square, overpopulation, the bourgeois, the bomb and the cocktail party are variously identified as sources of the grudge. There follows a little obscenity here, a dash of philosophy there, considerable whining overall, and a modern satirical novel is born (Writer Quotes) Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn’t fit for society; I didn’t fit into the system (Writer Quotes) Either a writer doesn’t want to talk about his work, or he talks about it more than you want (Writer Quotes) The discipline of the writer is to learn to be still and listen to what his subject has to tell him (Writer Quotes) The writer must be able to revel and roll in the abundance of words; he must know not only the direct but also the secret power of a word. There are overtones and undertones to a word, and lateral echoes, too (Writer Quotes) As a writer, I don’t think it’s my responsibility to make a point. I just write and hope there’s someone who’ll like it (Writer Quotes) One of the obligations of the writer is to say or sing all that he or she can, to deal with as much of the world as becomes possible to him or her in language (Writer Quotes) The writer by nature of his profession is a dreamer and a conscious dreamer. He must imagine, and imagination takes humility, love and great courage. How can you create a character without live and the struggle that goes with love? (Writer Quotes) Every writer since the beginning of time, just like other people, has been afflicted by what a friend of mine calls (Writer Quotes) Friends, both the imaginary ones you build for yourself out of phrases taken from a living writer, or real ones from college, and relatives, despite all the waste of ceremony and fakery and the fact that out of an hour of conversation you may have only five minutes in which the old entente reappears, are the only real means for foreign ideas to enter your brain (Writer Quotes) Such reproductions may not interest the reader; but after all, this is my autobiography, not his; he is under no obligation to read further in it; he was under none to begin. A modest or inhibited autobiography is written without entertainment to the writer and read with distrust by the reader (Writer Quotes) What has a writer to be bombastic about? Whatever good a man may write is the consequence of accident, luck, or surprise, and nobody is more surprised than an honest writer when he makes a good phrase or says something truthful (Writer Quotes) A pathological business, writing, don’t you think? Just look what a writer actually does: all that unnatural tense squatting and hunching, all those rituals: pathological! (Writer Quotes) I don’t know what it’s like for a book writer or a doctor or a teacher as they work to get established in their jobs, but for a singer, you’ve got to continue to grow or else you’re just like last night’s cornbread... stale and dry (Writer Quotes) I recall that my workshop leaders were tactful in their ways of acquainting me with my shortcomings as a writer. So much so that I hardly realized they were doing it. I want always to keep that sort of thing in mind when I’m teaching. The way you get better in everything in this life is to make mistakes. Otherwise you’re probably doing it right by accident. But you have to do everything wrong before you can really start with some authority to do it right (Writer Quotes) The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the yoghurt (Writer Quotes) The familiar writer is apt to be his own satirist. Out of his own mouth is he judged (Writer Quotes) I’m not a pop song lyric writer. I can’t just focus on one simple meaning or even a double entendre (Writer Quotes) First and foremost I am a commercial writer, and I hope to entertain people. But having said that, I’m in love with the relationship between humans and dogs, and the more I learned about what our military working dogs are doing, I wanted to at least share with people what an important role these animals have in all our lives (Writer Quotes) I have any number of completely dark obsessions and fascinations, and none of this was present in my profile or my growing profile as a writer (Writer Quotes) I’m a workmanlike writer. I show up every day and treat it like a job. The old rule that writing is like any other job, the first rule is that you must show up. I’m at the keyboard from 9 to 4 every day (Writer Quotes)

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