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Writer Quotes

When I was a bad writer, I would consciously imitate other NPR writers who I thought were wonderful. I suppose that everyone’s artistic practice is different. But I collaborate and sometimes don’t agree at all with my collaborators’ opinions. It forces you to understand why you don’t agree with something: what’s the fight you’re picking Picture Quote #1

It’s very unlikely that a writer is going to make a living by writing. So then the question is: how do you balance work, life, and writing? If you find out, please tell me Picture Quote #1

There’s only one ball game for any writer, and it’s to keep you turning the pages. That’s the whole ball game. That’s what I have to do Picture Quote #1

From 1961 to 1964, I was fortunate enough to work at a think tank in the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago. As a writer and editor, I reported in a publication about the thinkers. Our offices were in a former mansion; I worked in what had been the ballroom. As I sat typing my copy, I imagined the dancers waltzing Picture Quote #1

When I was growing up, my idea of a writer was someone like Sven Hassel, that mysterious Danish author who wrote thrillers about men clambering over walls and getting tangled in barbed wire Picture Quote #1

I knew I wasn’t a baseball writer. I was scared to death. I really was afraid to talk to players, and I didn’t want to go into the press box because I thought I was faking it Picture Quote #1

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If you’re a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he’s good, the older he gets, the better he writes Picture Quote #1

To be a writer you need to see things as they are, and to see things as they are you need a certain basic innocence Picture Quote #1

I was a much better writer than I was an athlete. My college coach told me flat out, he said, Deford, you write basketball better than you play it Picture Quote #1

It’s hard enough to be a lady writer. Doubly hard to be a funny lady writer Picture Quote #1

I want to go to college. I’m going to take four years off. I don’t want to miss that. I want to be a writer. I think that’d be awesome Picture Quote #1

I wanted to be Carrie Vaughn the awesome writer, not the chick who writes the ‘Kitty’ books Picture Quote #1

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I didn’t want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that’s a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. I’m proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect it Picture Quote #1

Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects Picture Quote #1

I think the writer has to be responsible to signs and dreams. If you don’t do anything with it, you lose it Picture Quote #1

The original idea of blog publishing was that writer and reader would be on the same level. That it would be a conversation - not a lecture. People lost sight of that. We didn’t. Kinja is designed to break down the walls of the ghettos. So that everybody - editor, writer, source, subject, expert, fan - can be a contributor Picture Quote #1

You don’t ever want to go out there and not be the best. You want to be the best cop that you can. Be the best writer you can be. Everybody has their goals. Everybody has their dreams Picture Quote #1

I don’t like the kind of writer who’s out to change the world and beat up on people for their own good. Stalin did that and Hitler did that, and to hell with them Picture Quote #1

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Mostly I wanted to be a writer, though for a couple of years there I wanted to be an animator, because I loved drawing and capturing beautiful movements Picture Quote #1

The proletarian writer is a writer with a purpose; he thinks no more of art for art’s sake than a man on a sinking ship thinks of painting a beautiful picture in the cabin; he thinks of getting ashore - and then there will be time enough for art Picture Quote #1

Morocco is such a beautiful place. It’s incredibly beautiful. And also it is captivating place because for a writer, you feel that you make impact Picture Quote #1

I’m a very lucky man. It’s a beautiful thing for a writer, to see people allowing your words to enter their own unconscious and their souls Picture Quote #1

When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlightenment and comfort at top speed Picture Quote #1

I didn’t go to law school to become a lawyer, per se - let’s just say I was leaning in to some strong suggestions from my parents - but my nebulous goals of someday becoming a writer were just that, nebulous Picture Quote #1

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While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism Picture Quote #1

In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn’t realise it at the time Picture Quote #1

I’m first and foremost a writer. I followed my personal legend, my childhood dream of becoming a writer, but I can’t say why I’m one Picture Quote #1

If you think about becoming a writer, that’s just really one of the big dreams I had. It’s really important to have those dreams and pursue your passions Picture Quote #1

I came from two harsh dictatorships, Nazi and Stalinist. I never thought of becoming a writer as such, yet in a lucid moment, I recognised what I had to do Picture Quote #1

When I was really young, I wanted to grow up and be the sun. Which shows an early penchant for ambition or narcissism or grandiosity or delusion - all of which are bellwethers for becoming a writer Picture Quote #1

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When I was a bad writer, I would consciously imitate other NPR writers who I thought were wonderful. I suppose that everyone’s artistic practice is different. But I collaborate and sometimes don’t agree at all with my collaborators’ opinions. It forces you to understand why you don’t agree with something: what’s the fight you’re picking. (Writer Quotes) It’s very unlikely that a writer is going to make a living by writing. So then the question is: how do you balance work, life, and writing? If you find out, please tell me. (Writer Quotes) There’s only one ball game for any writer, and it’s to keep you turning the pages. That’s the whole ball game. That’s what I have to do. (Writer Quotes) From 1961 to 1964, I was fortunate enough to work at a think tank in the Kenwood neighborhood of Chicago. As a writer and editor, I reported in a publication about the thinkers. Our offices were in a former mansion; I worked in what had been the ballroom. As I sat typing my copy, I imagined the dancers waltzing. (Writer Quotes) When I was growing up, my idea of a writer was someone like Sven Hassel, that mysterious Danish author who wrote thrillers about men clambering over walls and getting tangled in barbed wire. (Writer Quotes) I knew I wasn’t a baseball writer. I was scared to death. I really was afraid to talk to players, and I didn’t want to go into the press box because I thought I was faking it. (Writer Quotes) If you’re a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he’s good, the older he gets, the better he writes. (Writer Quotes) To be a writer you need to see things as they are, and to see things as they are you need a certain basic innocence. (Writer Quotes) I was a much better writer than I was an athlete. My college coach told me flat out, he said, Deford, you write basketball better than you play it. (Writer Quotes) It’s hard enough to be a lady writer. Doubly hard to be a funny lady writer. (Writer Quotes) I want to go to college. I’m going to take four years off. I don’t want to miss that. I want to be a writer. I think that’d be awesome. (Writer Quotes) I wanted to be Carrie Vaughn the awesome writer, not the chick who writes the ‘Kitty’ books. (Writer Quotes) I didn’t want to be a writer, but I became one. And now I have many readers, in many countries. I think that’s a miracle. So I think I have to be humble regarding this ability. I’m proud of it and I enjoy it, and it is strange to say it this way, but I respect it. (Writer Quotes) Reading at meals is considered rude in polite society, but if you expect to succeed as a writer, rudeness should be the second-to-least of your concerns. The least of all should be polite society and what it expects. (Writer Quotes) I think the writer has to be responsible to signs and dreams. If you don’t do anything with it, you lose it. (Writer Quotes) The original idea of blog publishing was that writer and reader would be on the same level. That it would be a conversation - not a lecture. People lost sight of that. We didn’t. Kinja is designed to break down the walls of the ghettos. So that everybody - editor, writer, source, subject, expert, fan - can be a contributor. (Writer Quotes) You don’t ever want to go out there and not be the best. You want to be the best cop that you can. Be the best writer you can be. Everybody has their goals. Everybody has their dreams. (Writer Quotes) I don’t like the kind of writer who’s out to change the world and beat up on people for their own good. Stalin did that and Hitler did that, and to hell with them. (Writer Quotes) Mostly I wanted to be a writer, though for a couple of years there I wanted to be an animator, because I loved drawing and capturing beautiful movements. (Writer Quotes) The proletarian writer is a writer with a purpose; he thinks no more of art for art’s sake than a man on a sinking ship thinks of painting a beautiful picture in the cabin; he thinks of getting ashore - and then there will be time enough for art. (Writer Quotes) Morocco is such a beautiful place. It’s incredibly beautiful. And also it is captivating place because for a writer, you feel that you make impact. (Writer Quotes) I’m a very lucky man. It’s a beautiful thing for a writer, to see people allowing your words to enter their own unconscious and their souls. (Writer Quotes) When a man becomes a writer, I think he takes on a sacred obligation to produce beauty and enlightenment and comfort at top speed. (Writer Quotes) I didn’t go to law school to become a lawyer, per se - let’s just say I was leaning in to some strong suggestions from my parents - but my nebulous goals of someday becoming a writer were just that, nebulous. (Writer Quotes) While I was in college becoming a good Catholic I was also becoming a writer - one haunted by Catholicism. (Writer Quotes) In retrospect, it seems like everything in my life led to me becoming a writer. I just didn’t realise it at the time. (Writer Quotes) I’m first and foremost a writer. I followed my personal legend, my childhood dream of becoming a writer, but I can’t say why I’m one. (Writer Quotes) If you think about becoming a writer, that’s just really one of the big dreams I had. It’s really important to have those dreams and pursue your passions. (Writer Quotes) I came from two harsh dictatorships, Nazi and Stalinist. I never thought of becoming a writer as such, yet in a lucid moment, I recognised what I had to do. (Writer Quotes) When I was really young, I wanted to grow up and be the sun. Which shows an early penchant for ambition or narcissism or grandiosity or delusion - all of which are bellwethers for becoming a writer. (Writer Quotes)

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