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Writer Quotes

For the collection, I am like a painter or a writer. I may or may not be a character in my own story Picture Quote #1

To write and not tell the truth? That would be death for any writer. But more, it would be death to the imagination. And if the imagination dies, what would happen to the souls of children? Picture Quote #1

Poison or elixir, narcotic or aphrodisiac, whatever it was, this flower, relic of a day in the life of an accidental writer, an inadvertent counterfeiter leaving his traces in code, the birds were coming to try it, performing a dance for no one and flying up toward the moon Picture Quote #1

I’m still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more Picture Quote #1

The greatest compliment a writer can be given is that a story and character hold a reader spellbound. Im caught up in the story writing and I miss a good deal of sleep thinking about it and working out the plot points Picture Quote #1

Current can’t equates fantasy with escapism, and current fashion would have it that fantasy is both easy to read and to write. It isn’t. When it is done honestly, by a skillful writer, fantasy takes us far enough beyond our daily perceptions to open us to the essential realities beneath it. This is the true goal of all art Picture Quote #1

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I have this desire to have this immaculate form of love that really doesn’t exist, so my obsession goes on through life and I never find it and I end up miserable. But it makes me a better writer Picture Quote #1

Because you’re a crime writer you’re asked to have a point of view on a lot of things, and I’m uncomfortable having public opinions on things that are not my professional area Picture Quote #1

I’m an actor and a writer, that’s how I think of myself. Sometimes my time is divided equally, sometimes less equally, but that’s what I do Picture Quote #1

If a writer is true to his characters they will give him his plot. Observations must play second fiddle to integrity Picture Quote #1

Cult writer. It’s a weird term because it’s complimentary but condescending at the same time Picture Quote #1

Contrary to all those times you’ve heard a writer confess at a reading that he writes fiction because he is a pathological liar, fiction writing is all about telling the truth Picture Quote #1

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If you want to be a writer, you write. Everybody wants to get published. You gotta play your long game Picture Quote #1

In my early 30s, I started to realise I was avoiding something on a personal level, but also as a writer. I was in denial about who I was, and was trying to be someone who I was not Picture Quote #1

I resist when someone calls me a novelist: it implies some kind of inherent superiority of the novel. I’m not a novelist, I’m a writer Picture Quote #1

I am a writer, which means I write stories, I write novels, and I would write poetry if I knew how to. I don’t want to limit myself Picture Quote #1

I do whatever is necessary in order to maintain the equanimity we all need to withstand the disappointment and rejection that are the lot of every writer, no matter where we are in our careers Picture Quote #1

You know, I look to myself mainly as a creative writer all my life and a medical doctor Picture Quote #1

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A writer often wants to change a reader’s perception about the world, which is a political act. But we have to work through character, so helping the reader to feel close to fictional characters is the gate through which we have to usher the reader Picture Quote #1

For me, screenwriting is all about setting characters in motion and as a writer just chasing them. They should tell you what they’ll do in any scene you put them in Picture Quote #1

Whether you are a writer or an actor or a stage manager, you are trying to express the complications of life through a shared enterprise. That’s what theatre was, always. And live performance shares that with an audience in a specific compact: the play is unfinished unless it has an audience, and they are as important as everyone else Picture Quote #1

I became a writer because I love to read, yet I never get to unless I’m reviewing a book or doing research Picture Quote #1

I feel in some ways I’ve had a difficult life. And it makes me the kind of writer I am, in what I value, what I respect, what I hold dear Picture Quote #1

I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I was afraid it wouldn’t be the writing Picture Quote #1

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My function as a writer is to provide an atmosphere in which people can think wisely about what we’re doing on this planet Picture Quote #1

It’s not a college degree that makes a writer. The great thing is to have a story to tell Picture Quote #1

There is a type of writer that can happily bury themselves in the country and dig very deep, but I’m not like that Picture Quote #1

A prose writer never sees a reader walk out of a book; for a playwright, it’s another matter. An audience is an invaluable education. In my experience, theatre artists don’t know what they’ve made until they’ve made it Picture Quote #1

To do justice to a lifelong dream of being a writer, I must give it the intense concentration and focus I gave to track. To do both with excellence is not possible. It is with a sense of sadness and joyous anticipation that I leave track and move on Picture Quote #1

Suppose that a person writes what she must. That is only the first step of becoming a writer. The work must survive the moment of creation. It must get out to an audience. She or he must dare to show the work. She must risk ridicule, misunderstanding, scandal, condemnation, and what’s often worse, none of the above: silence. No attention at all Picture Quote #1

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For the collection, I am like a painter or a writer. I may or may not be a character in my own story (Writer Quotes) To write and not tell the truth? That would be death for any writer. But more, it would be death to the imagination. And if the imagination dies, what would happen to the souls of children? (Writer Quotes) Poison or elixir, narcotic or aphrodisiac, whatever it was, this flower, relic of a day in the life of an accidental writer, an inadvertent counterfeiter leaving his traces in code, the birds were coming to try it, performing a dance for no one and flying up toward the moon (Writer Quotes) I’m still not sure I want to be a writer. I think of myself as a storyteller more (Writer Quotes) The greatest compliment a writer can be given is that a story and character hold a reader spellbound. Im caught up in the story writing and I miss a good deal of sleep thinking about it and working out the plot points (Writer Quotes) Current can’t equates fantasy with escapism, and current fashion would have it that fantasy is both easy to read and to write. It isn’t. When it is done honestly, by a skillful writer, fantasy takes us far enough beyond our daily perceptions to open us to the essential realities beneath it. This is the true goal of all art (Writer Quotes) I have this desire to have this immaculate form of love that really doesn’t exist, so my obsession goes on through life and I never find it and I end up miserable. But it makes me a better writer (Writer Quotes) Because you’re a crime writer you’re asked to have a point of view on a lot of things, and I’m uncomfortable having public opinions on things that are not my professional area (Writer Quotes) I’m an actor and a writer, that’s how I think of myself. Sometimes my time is divided equally, sometimes less equally, but that’s what I do (Writer Quotes) If a writer is true to his characters they will give him his plot. Observations must play second fiddle to integrity (Writer Quotes) Cult writer. It’s a weird term because it’s complimentary but condescending at the same time (Writer Quotes) Contrary to all those times you’ve heard a writer confess at a reading that he writes fiction because he is a pathological liar, fiction writing is all about telling the truth (Writer Quotes) If you want to be a writer, you write. Everybody wants to get published. You gotta play your long game (Writer Quotes) In my early 30s, I started to realise I was avoiding something on a personal level, but also as a writer. I was in denial about who I was, and was trying to be someone who I was not (Writer Quotes) I resist when someone calls me a novelist: it implies some kind of inherent superiority of the novel. I’m not a novelist, I’m a writer (Writer Quotes) I am a writer, which means I write stories, I write novels, and I would write poetry if I knew how to. I don’t want to limit myself (Writer Quotes) I do whatever is necessary in order to maintain the equanimity we all need to withstand the disappointment and rejection that are the lot of every writer, no matter where we are in our careers (Writer Quotes) You know, I look to myself mainly as a creative writer all my life and a medical doctor (Writer Quotes) A writer often wants to change a reader’s perception about the world, which is a political act. But we have to work through character, so helping the reader to feel close to fictional characters is the gate through which we have to usher the reader (Writer Quotes) For me, screenwriting is all about setting characters in motion and as a writer just chasing them. They should tell you what they’ll do in any scene you put them in (Writer Quotes) Whether you are a writer or an actor or a stage manager, you are trying to express the complications of life through a shared enterprise. That’s what theatre was, always. And live performance shares that with an audience in a specific compact: the play is unfinished unless it has an audience, and they are as important as everyone else (Writer Quotes) I became a writer because I love to read, yet I never get to unless I’m reviewing a book or doing research (Writer Quotes) I feel in some ways I’ve had a difficult life. And it makes me the kind of writer I am, in what I value, what I respect, what I hold dear (Writer Quotes) I knew I wanted to be a writer and I knew if I had a wife and family, I would neglect something, and I was afraid it wouldn’t be the writing (Writer Quotes) My function as a writer is to provide an atmosphere in which people can think wisely about what we’re doing on this planet (Writer Quotes) It’s not a college degree that makes a writer. The great thing is to have a story to tell (Writer Quotes) There is a type of writer that can happily bury themselves in the country and dig very deep, but I’m not like that (Writer Quotes) A prose writer never sees a reader walk out of a book; for a playwright, it’s another matter. An audience is an invaluable education. In my experience, theatre artists don’t know what they’ve made until they’ve made it (Writer Quotes) To do justice to a lifelong dream of being a writer, I must give it the intense concentration and focus I gave to track. To do both with excellence is not possible. It is with a sense of sadness and joyous anticipation that I leave track and move on (Writer Quotes) Suppose that a person writes what she must. That is only the first step of becoming a writer. The work must survive the moment of creation. It must get out to an audience. She or he must dare to show the work. She must risk ridicule, misunderstanding, scandal, condemnation, and what’s often worse, none of the above: silence. No attention at all (Writer Quotes)

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