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Writer Quotes

One should be a painter. As a writer, I feel the beauty, which is almost entirely colour, very subtle, very changeable, running over my pen, as if you poured a large jug of champagne over a hairpin Picture Quote #1

For obviously the advantage for most writers is that no one sees them. The writer is invisible, which confers power Picture Quote #1

There was nothing glorious about the life of a drinker or the life of a writer Picture Quote #1

Young or old, good or bad, I don’t think anything dies as slow and as hard as a writer Picture Quote #1

Writing is a solitary business. It takes over your life. In some sense, a writer has no life of his own. Even when he’s there, he’s not really there Picture Quote #1

Organizations for writers palliate the writer’s loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing... For he does his work alone and if he is a good enough writer he must face eternity, or the lack of it, each day Picture Quote #1

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If she were a writer she would collect her pencils and notebooks and favourite cat and write in bed. Strangers and lovers would never get past the locked door Picture Quote #1

When a writer tries to explain too much, he’s out of time before he begins Picture Quote #1

If literature has engaged me as a project, first as a reader, then as a writer, it is as an extension of my sympathies to other selves, other domains, other dreams, other territories Picture Quote #1

It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds Picture Quote #1

Writer advice... Write. Finish things. Go for walks. Read a lot and outside your comfort zone. Stay interested. Daydream. Write Picture Quote #1

You like to write. It’s the single most important quality for someone who wants to be a writer. But not in itself enough Picture Quote #1

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I’m writing. The pages are starting to stack up. My morale is improving the more I feel like a writer Picture Quote #1

And life is a good thing for a writer. It’s where we get our raw material, for a start. We quite like to stop and watch it Picture Quote #1

Imagination? It is the one thing beside honesty that a good writer must have. The more he learns from experience the more he can imagine Picture Quote #1

The writer has no responsibility other than to jack off in bed alone and write a good page Picture Quote #1

I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem Picture Quote #1

Take a writer away from his typewriter and all you have left is the sickness which started him typing in the beginning Picture Quote #1

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As a writer, even as a child, long before what I wrote began to be published, I developed a sense that meaning itself was resident in the rhythms of words and sentences and paragraphs... The way I write is who I am, or have become Picture Quote #1

She’s a writer. The kind of writer who wouldn’t be published outside. She believes that when one deals with words, one deals with the mind Picture Quote #1

I am a writer. Imagining what someone would say or do comes to me as naturally as breathing Picture Quote #1

Reading usually precedes writing. And the impulse to write is almost always fired by reading. Reading, the love of reading, is what makes you dream of becoming a writer Picture Quote #1

My world did not shrink because I was a black female writer. It just got bigger Picture Quote #1

A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer Picture Quote #1

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It is the writer who might catch the imagination of young people, and plant a seed that will flower and come to fruition Picture Quote #1

Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players... I have 10 or so, and thats a lot. As you get older, you become more skillful at casting them Picture Quote #1

For anyone who is: just keep writing. Keep reading. If you are meant to be a writer, a storyteller, it’ll work itself out. You just keep feeding it your energy, and giving it that crucial chance to work itself out. By reading and writing Picture Quote #1

On plenty of days the writer can write three or four pages, and on plenty of other days he concludes he must throw them away Picture Quote #1

To write that essential book, a great writer does not need to invent it but merely to translate it, since it already exists in each one of us. The duty and task of a writer are those of translator Picture Quote #1

I have a much greater ambition to be the best racket player than the best prose writer Picture Quote #1

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One should be a painter. As a writer, I feel the beauty, which is almost entirely colour, very subtle, very changeable, running over my pen, as if you poured a large jug of champagne over a hairpin (Writer Quotes) For obviously the advantage for most writers is that no one sees them. The writer is invisible, which confers power (Writer Quotes) There was nothing glorious about the life of a drinker or the life of a writer (Writer Quotes) Young or old, good or bad, I don’t think anything dies as slow and as hard as a writer (Writer Quotes) Writing is a solitary business. It takes over your life. In some sense, a writer has no life of his own. Even when he’s there, he’s not really there (Writer Quotes) Organizations for writers palliate the writer’s loneliness, but I doubt if they improve his writing... For he does his work alone and if he is a good enough writer he must face eternity, or the lack of it, each day (Writer Quotes) If she were a writer she would collect her pencils and notebooks and favourite cat and write in bed. Strangers and lovers would never get past the locked door (Writer Quotes) When a writer tries to explain too much, he’s out of time before he begins (Writer Quotes) If literature has engaged me as a project, first as a reader, then as a writer, it is as an extension of my sympathies to other selves, other domains, other dreams, other territories (Writer Quotes) It’s not in the book or in the writer that readers discern the truth of what they read; they see it in themselves, if the light of truth has penetrated their minds (Writer Quotes) Writer advice... Write. Finish things. Go for walks. Read a lot and outside your comfort zone. Stay interested. Daydream. Write (Writer Quotes) You like to write. It’s the single most important quality for someone who wants to be a writer. But not in itself enough (Writer Quotes) I’m writing. The pages are starting to stack up. My morale is improving the more I feel like a writer (Writer Quotes) And life is a good thing for a writer. It’s where we get our raw material, for a start. We quite like to stop and watch it (Writer Quotes) Imagination? It is the one thing beside honesty that a good writer must have. The more he learns from experience the more he can imagine (Writer Quotes) The writer has no responsibility other than to jack off in bed alone and write a good page (Writer Quotes) I’m not a writer with a drinking problem, I’m a drinker with a writing problem (Writer Quotes) Take a writer away from his typewriter and all you have left is the sickness which started him typing in the beginning (Writer Quotes) As a writer, even as a child, long before what I wrote began to be published, I developed a sense that meaning itself was resident in the rhythms of words and sentences and paragraphs... The way I write is who I am, or have become (Writer Quotes) She’s a writer. The kind of writer who wouldn’t be published outside. She believes that when one deals with words, one deals with the mind (Writer Quotes) I am a writer. Imagining what someone would say or do comes to me as naturally as breathing (Writer Quotes) Reading usually precedes writing. And the impulse to write is almost always fired by reading. Reading, the love of reading, is what makes you dream of becoming a writer (Writer Quotes) My world did not shrink because I was a black female writer. It just got bigger (Writer Quotes) A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer (Writer Quotes) It is the writer who might catch the imagination of young people, and plant a seed that will flower and come to fruition (Writer Quotes) Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players... I have 10 or so, and thats a lot. As you get older, you become more skillful at casting them (Writer Quotes) For anyone who is: just keep writing. Keep reading. If you are meant to be a writer, a storyteller, it’ll work itself out. You just keep feeding it your energy, and giving it that crucial chance to work itself out. By reading and writing (Writer Quotes) On plenty of days the writer can write three or four pages, and on plenty of other days he concludes he must throw them away (Writer Quotes) To write that essential book, a great writer does not need to invent it but merely to translate it, since it already exists in each one of us. The duty and task of a writer are those of translator (Writer Quotes) I have a much greater ambition to be the best racket player than the best prose writer (Writer Quotes)

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