|

|

Advertisements

Writer Quotes

A writer is like a bag lady going through life with a sack and a pointed stick collecting stuff Picture Quote #1

One changes, as a writer, fairly quickly; what you wrote six months or a year ago might not sound right anymore Picture Quote #1

Writers are great lovers. They fall in love with other writers. That’s how they learn to write. They take on a writer, read everything by him or her, read it over again until they understand how the writer moves, pauses, and sees. That’s what being a lover is: stepping out of yourself, stepping into someone else’s skin Picture Quote #1

You come up with a story line, you hire the writer, the director, the stars, the set designer Picture Quote #1

The writer gleans wind scraps; he listens wherever he can. Each day is full of instances; what counts, as with all stimuli, is the sympathetic response Picture Quote #1

If you are destined to become a writer, you can’t help it. If you can help it, you aren’t destined to become a writer. The frustrations and disappointments, not even to mention the unspeakable loneliness, are too unbearable for anyone who doesn’t have a deep sense of being unable to avoid writing Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

The life of a writer is tragic: the more we advance, the farther there is to go and the more there is to say, the less time there is to say it Picture Quote #1

I’m an aspiring writer. I hate that phrase. You’re either a writer or you’re not Picture Quote #1

A serious life, by definition, is a life one reflects on, a life one tries to make sense of and bear witness to. Truth in a memoir is achieved not through a recital of actual events; it is achieved when the reader comes to believe that the writer is working hard to engage with the experience at hand. What happened to the writer is not what matters; what matters is the large sense that the writer is able to make of what happened Picture Quote #1

I have learned, as has many another better writer, to summon inspiration to my call as soon as I begin my day’s stint, and not to hang around waiting for it. Inspiration is merely a pretty phrase for the zest to work. And it can be cultivated by anyone who has the patience to try. Inspiration that will not come at its possessor’s summons is like a dog that cannot be trained to obey. The sooner both are gotten rid of, the better Picture Quote #1

A writer should always have some profession which brings him into close contact with the reality’s of life Picture Quote #1

This is what drives a young writer out of his head, this feeling that nothing is being said Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

The writer presents himself to the blank page not with an open passport but an open heart Picture Quote #1

Being a twin, and being my sister’s twin, is such a defining part of my life that I wouldn’t know how to be who I am, including a writer, without that being somehow at the centre Picture Quote #1

As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own Picture Quote #1

As a writer, you should have a sticky soul; the act of continually taking things in should be as much a part of you as your hair color Picture Quote #1

Seriously, I don’t consider myself a writer. I don’t think I have writing talent. But I will continue to do it Picture Quote #1

The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

A writer should always bravely face life, risking death and mutilation in order to dethrone an emperor Picture Quote #1

The act of writing bears something in common with the act of love. The writer, at his most productive moments, just flows. He gives of that which is uniquely himself. He makes himself naked, recording his nakedness in the written word. Herein lies some of the terror which frequently freezes a writer, preventing him from producing. Herein, too, lies some of the courage that must be entailed in letting others learn how one has experienced or is experiencing the world Picture Quote #1

If a writer publishes any thing that attracts notice, and is in itself just, but does not accord with our plan, we must endeavour to win him over, or decry him Picture Quote #1

Zombie books were going to be my passion projects, but certainly not pay the bills. I thought I was going to have to get a real job on a sitcom or something, and have my zombie books to remind myself I was still a writer at heart. I never thought I could actually pay my bills and write what I wanted Picture Quote #1

I don’t have any real goals except to follow one good sentence with another... I’m not the kind of writer who has a map Picture Quote #1

If I went to someone for therapy, I wouldn’t be a writer... I would just be well adjusted Picture Quote #1

Advertisements

And the ideal travel writer is consumed not just with a will to know. He is also moved by a powerful will to teach Picture Quote #1

When you make something, if you are a painter or a writer, a degree, or a sculptor or whatever or a musician, a degree of energy is required to make it, and I’m not sure that it is always aggressive, but when you have a great deal of energy it can appear to be more aggressive than it is. In fact, I mean you can talk about a waterfall being aggressive, but in fact it is just a very powerful forward movement of energy, and although I think sometimes my engine house is a kind of anger Picture Quote #1

I have wanted everything as a writer and a woman, but most of all a world changed utterly by my revelations Picture Quote #1

When I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry Picture Quote #1

The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in Picture Quote #1

Novels do take charge of the writer, and the writer is basically a kind of sheepdog just trying to keep things on track Picture Quote #1

1 - 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 - 99

Friendship Quotes

Motivational Quotes

Inspirational Quotes

Advertisements

Text Quotes

A writer is like a bag lady going through life with a sack and a pointed stick collecting stuff (Writer Quotes) One changes, as a writer, fairly quickly; what you wrote six months or a year ago might not sound right anymore (Writer Quotes) Writers are great lovers. They fall in love with other writers. That’s how they learn to write. They take on a writer, read everything by him or her, read it over again until they understand how the writer moves, pauses, and sees. That’s what being a lover is: stepping out of yourself, stepping into someone else’s skin (Writer Quotes) You come up with a story line, you hire the writer, the director, the stars, the set designer (Writer Quotes) The writer gleans wind scraps; he listens wherever he can. Each day is full of instances; what counts, as with all stimuli, is the sympathetic response (Writer Quotes) If you are destined to become a writer, you can’t help it. If you can help it, you aren’t destined to become a writer. The frustrations and disappointments, not even to mention the unspeakable loneliness, are too unbearable for anyone who doesn’t have a deep sense of being unable to avoid writing (Writer Quotes) The life of a writer is tragic: the more we advance, the farther there is to go and the more there is to say, the less time there is to say it (Writer Quotes) I’m an aspiring writer. I hate that phrase. You’re either a writer or you’re not (Writer Quotes) A serious life, by definition, is a life one reflects on, a life one tries to make sense of and bear witness to. Truth in a memoir is achieved not through a recital of actual events; it is achieved when the reader comes to believe that the writer is working hard to engage with the experience at hand. What happened to the writer is not what matters; what matters is the large sense that the writer is able to make of what happened (Writer Quotes) I have learned, as has many another better writer, to summon inspiration to my call as soon as I begin my day’s stint, and not to hang around waiting for it. Inspiration is merely a pretty phrase for the zest to work. And it can be cultivated by anyone who has the patience to try. Inspiration that will not come at its possessor’s summons is like a dog that cannot be trained to obey. The sooner both are gotten rid of, the better (Writer Quotes) A writer should always have some profession which brings him into close contact with the reality’s of life (Writer Quotes) This is what drives a young writer out of his head, this feeling that nothing is being said (Writer Quotes) The writer presents himself to the blank page not with an open passport but an open heart (Writer Quotes) Being a twin, and being my sister’s twin, is such a defining part of my life that I wouldn’t know how to be who I am, including a writer, without that being somehow at the centre (Writer Quotes) As a writer, one is obliged to release her words, to let them live in the world on their own (Writer Quotes) As a writer, you should have a sticky soul; the act of continually taking things in should be as much a part of you as your hair color (Writer Quotes) Seriously, I don’t consider myself a writer. I don’t think I have writing talent. But I will continue to do it (Writer Quotes) The act of giving voice to this spiritual suffering is, in my view, the sacred duty of the writer (Writer Quotes) A writer should always bravely face life, risking death and mutilation in order to dethrone an emperor (Writer Quotes) The act of writing bears something in common with the act of love. The writer, at his most productive moments, just flows. He gives of that which is uniquely himself. He makes himself naked, recording his nakedness in the written word. Herein lies some of the terror which frequently freezes a writer, preventing him from producing. Herein, too, lies some of the courage that must be entailed in letting others learn how one has experienced or is experiencing the world (Writer Quotes) If a writer publishes any thing that attracts notice, and is in itself just, but does not accord with our plan, we must endeavour to win him over, or decry him (Writer Quotes) Zombie books were going to be my passion projects, but certainly not pay the bills. I thought I was going to have to get a real job on a sitcom or something, and have my zombie books to remind myself I was still a writer at heart. I never thought I could actually pay my bills and write what I wanted (Writer Quotes) I don’t have any real goals except to follow one good sentence with another... I’m not the kind of writer who has a map (Writer Quotes) If I went to someone for therapy, I wouldn’t be a writer... I would just be well adjusted (Writer Quotes) And the ideal travel writer is consumed not just with a will to know. He is also moved by a powerful will to teach (Writer Quotes) When you make something, if you are a painter or a writer, a degree, or a sculptor or whatever or a musician, a degree of energy is required to make it, and I’m not sure that it is always aggressive, but when you have a great deal of energy it can appear to be more aggressive than it is. In fact, I mean you can talk about a waterfall being aggressive, but in fact it is just a very powerful forward movement of energy, and although I think sometimes my engine house is a kind of anger (Writer Quotes) I have wanted everything as a writer and a woman, but most of all a world changed utterly by my revelations (Writer Quotes) When I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry (Writer Quotes) The line of dialogue belongs to the character; the verb is the writer sticking his nose in (Writer Quotes) Novels do take charge of the writer, and the writer is basically a kind of sheepdog just trying to keep things on track (Writer Quotes)

1 - 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 - 99