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Writer Quotes

Is it not superfluous to write more than one novel if the writer has not become, say, a new man? Obviously, all the novels of an author not infrequently belong together and are to a certain degree only one novel Picture Quote #1

To be any sort of competent writer one must keep one’s psychological distance from the supreme artists Picture Quote #1

One must avoid ambition in order to write. Otherwise something else is the goal: some kind of power beyond the power of language. And the power of language, it seems to me, is the only kind of power a writer is entitled to Picture Quote #1

If what you write is true, it will not be so because of what you are as a writer but because of what you are as a being. There can be no literary equivalent to truth Picture Quote #1

The habits of craft, developed day in and day out over a working lifetime, create moments of astonishment, sublime and magical effects, precisely because the writer is not thinking overtly about making art Picture Quote #1

The simplest tool of the writer is repetition.... The simplest tool of the writer is repetition Picture Quote #1

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For me, the glory of my first 25 years as a writer was I could put things off as long as I wanted Picture Quote #1

The primary dues a writer or any artist pays is to remain sentient, and to forfeit the illusionary luxury of such anesthetics as avoidance, numbness, and denials Picture Quote #1

This sounds like a cliche, but I always wanted to write. After college, I did some writing and realized very quickly that it’s hard to make a living as a writer. At that point, I was more interested in fiction writing Picture Quote #1

I think the writer makes a good story good or a good story bad. The writer has a great deal of responsibility Picture Quote #1

I think it’s important to have an experienced writer or editor critique your work to get it ready to pitch an agent Picture Quote #1

I tend to think of myself as a highly emotional writer. It’s all coming out of the deepest feelings, out of dreams, out of the unconscious Picture Quote #1

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I always want to challenge myself as a writer. I consider myself more of a writer than I do a director Picture Quote #1

I was really interested in piano and sort of discovered that I was a writer when I was about 13 and started writing. And it was my secret thing and my passion Picture Quote #1

You want to say the thing that will drive everybody in the direction you want to go. But as a writer you have a pact with your readers that you’ll be really straight with them at all times Picture Quote #1

In the end I’m still a writer. I’m still a journalist, and my first responsibility is to my readers. That’s where I have to draw the line Picture Quote #1

It’s always great when you want scientific fact to get a really good science fiction writer to talk to you about it Picture Quote #1

Writing is a performance art for me. They’re very closely aligned, writing and performing. But I’m a writer, not a performer Picture Quote #1

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The way I have progressed as a writer over the years is to try and stay true to the principles I absorbed Picture Quote #1

I’m a writer. I could not or would not ever run a business. I don’t even have a secretary. And contrary to some of the stereotypes, entrepreneurs are not loners. I am Picture Quote #1

Being literate as a writer is good craft, is knowing your job, is knowing how to use your tools properly and not to damage the tools as you use them Picture Quote #1

As actors, we were fighting that tooth and nail because of fear, because language is a crutch and dialogue is a crutch, and it’s so easy to just have a great writer write you a line Picture Quote #1

I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my disgusting personal manager Picture Quote #1

I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable Picture Quote #1

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I spent all my time on my movies worried that people were eating and that the schedule was being kept, so to have experts in those areas giving me the brain space as a writer and director is huge Picture Quote #1

I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work Picture Quote #1

It’s possible that I’ve matured as a writer, and I hope I’ve matured emotionally, but I always find myself revisiting these adolescent scenes Picture Quote #1

Life and people are complex. A writer as an artist doesn’t have the personality of a politician. We don’t see the world that simply Picture Quote #1

It’s a responsibility of the writer to get the reader out of the story somehow Picture Quote #1

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Is it not superfluous to write more than one novel if the writer has not become, say, a new man? Obviously, all the novels of an author not infrequently belong together and are to a certain degree only one novel (Writer Quotes) To be any sort of competent writer one must keep one’s psychological distance from the supreme artists (Writer Quotes) One must avoid ambition in order to write. Otherwise something else is the goal: some kind of power beyond the power of language. And the power of language, it seems to me, is the only kind of power a writer is entitled to (Writer Quotes) If what you write is true, it will not be so because of what you are as a writer but because of what you are as a being. There can be no literary equivalent to truth (Writer Quotes) The habits of craft, developed day in and day out over a working lifetime, create moments of astonishment, sublime and magical effects, precisely because the writer is not thinking overtly about making art (Writer Quotes) The simplest tool of the writer is repetition.... The simplest tool of the writer is repetition (Writer Quotes) For me, the glory of my first 25 years as a writer was I could put things off as long as I wanted (Writer Quotes) The primary dues a writer or any artist pays is to remain sentient, and to forfeit the illusionary luxury of such anesthetics as avoidance, numbness, and denials (Writer Quotes) This sounds like a cliche, but I always wanted to write. After college, I did some writing and realized very quickly that it’s hard to make a living as a writer. At that point, I was more interested in fiction writing (Writer Quotes) I think the writer makes a good story good or a good story bad. The writer has a great deal of responsibility (Writer Quotes) I think it’s important to have an experienced writer or editor critique your work to get it ready to pitch an agent (Writer Quotes) I tend to think of myself as a highly emotional writer. It’s all coming out of the deepest feelings, out of dreams, out of the unconscious (Writer Quotes) I always want to challenge myself as a writer. I consider myself more of a writer than I do a director (Writer Quotes) I was really interested in piano and sort of discovered that I was a writer when I was about 13 and started writing. And it was my secret thing and my passion (Writer Quotes) You want to say the thing that will drive everybody in the direction you want to go. But as a writer you have a pact with your readers that you’ll be really straight with them at all times (Writer Quotes) In the end I’m still a writer. I’m still a journalist, and my first responsibility is to my readers. That’s where I have to draw the line (Writer Quotes) It’s always great when you want scientific fact to get a really good science fiction writer to talk to you about it (Writer Quotes) Writing is a performance art for me. They’re very closely aligned, writing and performing. But I’m a writer, not a performer (Writer Quotes) The way I have progressed as a writer over the years is to try and stay true to the principles I absorbed (Writer Quotes) I’m a writer. I could not or would not ever run a business. I don’t even have a secretary. And contrary to some of the stereotypes, entrepreneurs are not loners. I am (Writer Quotes) Being literate as a writer is good craft, is knowing your job, is knowing how to use your tools properly and not to damage the tools as you use them (Writer Quotes) As actors, we were fighting that tooth and nail because of fear, because language is a crutch and dialogue is a crutch, and it’s so easy to just have a great writer write you a line (Writer Quotes) I am a sensitive writer, actor and director. Talking business disgusts me. If you want to talk business, call my disgusting personal manager (Writer Quotes) I never knew a writer yet who took the smallest pains with his style and was at the same time readable (Writer Quotes) I spent all my time on my movies worried that people were eating and that the schedule was being kept, so to have experts in those areas giving me the brain space as a writer and director is huge (Writer Quotes) I turned down twelve films last year... Huge money films, but I had no respect for the writer or the work (Writer Quotes) It’s possible that I’ve matured as a writer, and I hope I’ve matured emotionally, but I always find myself revisiting these adolescent scenes (Writer Quotes) The way you get your script to the right people is that you put it in an envelope. It’s easy. The difficult bit is writing something that is so good people will take a punt on a brand new writer (Writer Quotes) Life and people are complex. A writer as an artist doesn’t have the personality of a politician. We don’t see the world that simply (Writer Quotes) It’s a responsibility of the writer to get the reader out of the story somehow (Writer Quotes)

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