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Writing Quotes

The writing of a novel is taking life as it already exists, not to report it but to make an object, toward the end that the finished work might contain this life inside it and offer it to the reader. The essence will not be, of course, the same thing as the raw material; it is not even of the same family of things. The novel is something that never was before and will not be again Picture Quote #1

Writing is a legitimate way, an important way, to participate in the empowerment of the community that names me Picture Quote #1

Others are writing my biography, and let it rest as they elect to make it. I have lived my life, well and ill, always less well than I wanted it to be but it is, as it is, and as it has been; so small a thing, to have had so much about it! Picture Quote #1

As if reasoning were any kind of writing or talking which tends to convince people that some doctrine or measure is true and right Picture Quote #1

If a lunatic scribbles a jumble of mathematical symbols it does not follow that the writing means anything merely because to the inexpert eye it is indistinguishable from higher mathematics Picture Quote #1

Writing is more than anything a compulsion, like some people wash their hands thirty times a day for fear of awful consequences if they do not. It pays a whole lot better than this type of compulsion, but it is no more heroic Picture Quote #1

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Writing is a voice that calls us from dreams, that peeks out of the corner of our eyes when we think no one is looking, the longing that breaks our hearts even when we think we should be happiest, and to which we cannot give a name Picture Quote #1

Propaganda has a bad name, but its root meaning is simply to disseminate through a medium, and all writing therefore is propaganda for something. It’s a seeding of the self in the consciousness of others Picture Quote #1

I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels Picture Quote #1

And all writing is creating or spinning dreams for other people so they won’t have to bother doing it themselves Picture Quote #1

Writing is my refuge. It’s where I go. It’s where I find that integrity I have Picture Quote #1

I learned to write by listening to people talk. I still feel that the best of my writing comes from having heard rather than having read Picture Quote #1

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Writing has made me a better man. It has put me in contact with those fleeting moments which prove the existence Picture Quote #1

I am interested in my music lasting only while I’m alive. I’m not writing for the future Picture Quote #1

In writing advertising it must always be kept in mind that the customer often knows more about the goods than the advertising writers because they have had experience in buying them Picture Quote #1

Writing a novel without being asked seems a bit like having a baby when you have nowhere to live Picture Quote #1

A pathological business, writing, don’t you think? Just look what a writer actually does: all that unnatural tense squatting and hunching, all those rituals: pathological! Picture Quote #1

The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation Picture Quote #1

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The human head is bigger than the globe. It conceives itself as containing more. It can think and rethink itself and ourselves from any desired point outside the gravitational pull of the earth. It starts by writing one thing and later reads itself as something else. The human head is monstrous Picture Quote #1

Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing... It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for transformation that underlies every act involving speech, that supremely human gift Picture Quote #1

I can’t concern myself with what’s going on with the club or what the media is writing. If you pay attention to those things, that’s when you get yourself in trouble Picture Quote #1

Writing is to descend like a miner to the depths of the mine with a lamp on your forehead, a light whose dubious brightness falsifies everything, whose wick is in permanent danger of explosion, whose blinking illumination in the coal dust exhausts and corrodes your eyes Picture Quote #1

I’m simply the happiest, the placidest, when I’m writing, and so I suppose that that, for me, is the final answer... It’s fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats as I am most of the time Picture Quote #1

No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake. Loose ends, things unrelated, shifts, nightmare journeys, cities arrived at and left, meetings, desertions, betrayals, all manner of unions, adulteries, triumphs, defeats…these are the facts Picture Quote #1

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The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair Picture Quote #1

No nation ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty in general and became slaves Picture Quote #1

Style in painting is the same as in writing; a power over materials, whether words or colors, by which conceptions or sentiments are conveyed Picture Quote #1

The trick to writing for people is, you have to be able to turn them on in your head. And know how they’d word something or how they’d inflect it Picture Quote #1

I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ Picture Quote #1

If you are writing any book about the end of the world, what you are really writing about is what’s worth saving about it Picture Quote #1

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The writing of a novel is taking life as it already exists, not to report it but to make an object, toward the end that the finished work might contain this life inside it and offer it to the reader. The essence will not be, of course, the same thing as the raw material; it is not even of the same family of things. The novel is something that never was before and will not be again (Writing Quotes) Writing is a legitimate way, an important way, to participate in the empowerment of the community that names me (Writing Quotes) Others are writing my biography, and let it rest as they elect to make it. I have lived my life, well and ill, always less well than I wanted it to be but it is, as it is, and as it has been; so small a thing, to have had so much about it! (Writing Quotes) As if reasoning were any kind of writing or talking which tends to convince people that some doctrine or measure is true and right (Writing Quotes) If a lunatic scribbles a jumble of mathematical symbols it does not follow that the writing means anything merely because to the inexpert eye it is indistinguishable from higher mathematics (Writing Quotes) Writing is more than anything a compulsion, like some people wash their hands thirty times a day for fear of awful consequences if they do not. It pays a whole lot better than this type of compulsion, but it is no more heroic (Writing Quotes) Writing is a voice that calls us from dreams, that peeks out of the corner of our eyes when we think no one is looking, the longing that breaks our hearts even when we think we should be happiest, and to which we cannot give a name (Writing Quotes) Propaganda has a bad name, but its root meaning is simply to disseminate through a medium, and all writing therefore is propaganda for something. It’s a seeding of the self in the consciousness of others (Writing Quotes) I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by reading novels (Writing Quotes) And all writing is creating or spinning dreams for other people so they won’t have to bother doing it themselves (Writing Quotes) Writing is my refuge. It’s where I go. It’s where I find that integrity I have (Writing Quotes) I learned to write by listening to people talk. I still feel that the best of my writing comes from having heard rather than having read (Writing Quotes) Writing has made me a better man. It has put me in contact with those fleeting moments which prove the existence (Writing Quotes) I am interested in my music lasting only while I’m alive. I’m not writing for the future (Writing Quotes) In writing advertising it must always be kept in mind that the customer often knows more about the goods than the advertising writers because they have had experience in buying them (Writing Quotes) Writing a novel without being asked seems a bit like having a baby when you have nowhere to live (Writing Quotes) A pathological business, writing, don’t you think? Just look what a writer actually does: all that unnatural tense squatting and hunching, all those rituals: pathological! (Writing Quotes) The writing of a poem is like a child throwing stones into a mineshaft. You compose first, then you listen for the reverberation (Writing Quotes) The human head is bigger than the globe. It conceives itself as containing more. It can think and rethink itself and ourselves from any desired point outside the gravitational pull of the earth. It starts by writing one thing and later reads itself as something else. The human head is monstrous (Writing Quotes) Translation is the paradigm, the exemplar of all writing... It is translation that demonstrates most vividly the yearning for transformation that underlies every act involving speech, that supremely human gift (Writing Quotes) I can’t concern myself with what’s going on with the club or what the media is writing. If you pay attention to those things, that’s when you get yourself in trouble (Writing Quotes) Writing is to descend like a miner to the depths of the mine with a lamp on your forehead, a light whose dubious brightness falsifies everything, whose wick is in permanent danger of explosion, whose blinking illumination in the coal dust exhausts and corrodes your eyes (Writing Quotes) I’m simply the happiest, the placidest, when I’m writing, and so I suppose that that, for me, is the final answer... It’s fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats as I am most of the time (Writing Quotes) No doubt I shall go on writing, stumbling across tundras of unmeaning, planting words like bloody flags in my wake. Loose ends, things unrelated, shifts, nightmare journeys, cities arrived at and left, meetings, desertions, betrayals, all manner of unions, adulteries, triumphs, defeats…these are the facts (Writing Quotes) The art of writing is the art of applying the seat of the pants to the seat of the chair (Writing Quotes) No nation ancient or modern ever lost the liberty of freely speaking, writing, or publishing their sentiments, but forthwith lost their liberty in general and became slaves (Writing Quotes) Style in painting is the same as in writing; a power over materials, whether words or colors, by which conceptions or sentiments are conveyed (Writing Quotes) The trick to writing for people is, you have to be able to turn them on in your head. And know how they’d word something or how they’d inflect it (Writing Quotes) I picked up the guitar at 11, but even before then, I was writing songs on the organ (Writing Quotes) If you are writing any book about the end of the world, what you are really writing about is what’s worth saving about it (Writing Quotes)

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