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Writer Quotes

Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people Picture Quote #1

Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other Picture Quote #1

It’s a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life Picture Quote #1

The final lesson a writer learns is that everything can nourish the writer. The dictionary, a new word, a voyage, an encounter, a talk on the street, a book, a phrase learned Picture Quote #1

When I was sixteen or seventeen, I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a playwright. But everything I wrote, I thought, was weak. And I can remember falling asleep in tears because I had no talent the way I wanted to have Picture Quote #1

I’ve always wondered, am I a writer who preaches or a preacher who writes? I don’t know. I love them both Picture Quote #1

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A big enough artist, I say, can eat anything, must eat everything and then alchemize it. Only the feeble writer is afraid of expansion 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

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

How do you know if your child is a writer? Your obstetrician holds his stethoscope to your abdomen and only hears excuses Picture Quote #1

The work of a writer, his continuing work, depends for breath of life on a certain privacy of heart Picture Quote #1

A good writer is an expert on nothing except himself. And on that subject, if he is wise, he holds his tongue Picture Quote #1

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Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn’t funny. It’s a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it’s not a surprise anymore Picture Quote #1

When a regular person gets sick, they take an aspirin. When a writer gets sick, they take notes Picture Quote #1

I think every professor and writer is in some way an exhibitionist because his or her normal activity is a theatrical one. When you give a lesson the situation is the same as writing a book. You have to capture the attention, the complicity of your audience Picture Quote #1

A writer, or any man, must believe that whatever happens to him is an instrument; everything has been given for an end. This is even stronger in the case of the artist. Everything that happens, including humiliations, embarrassments, misfortunes, all has been given like clay, like material for one’s art. One must accept it Picture Quote #1

A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is: when I speak of writing, what comes first to my mind is not a novel, a poem, or literary tradition, it is a person who shuts himself up in a room, sits down at a table, and alone, turns inward; amid its shadows, he builds a new world with words Picture Quote #1

It’s much better to be a tribal writer, writing for all people and reflecting many voices through us, than to be a cloistered being trying to find one peanut of truth in our own individual mind. Become big and write with the whole world in your arms Picture Quote #1

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Ideally, the writer needs no audience other than the few who understand. It is immodest and greedy to want more Picture Quote #1

If you’re a freelance writer and aren’t used to being ignored, neglected, and generally given short shrift, you must not have been in the business very long Picture Quote #1

For me, a writer should be more like a lighthouse keeper, just out there by himself. He shouldn’t get his ideas from other people all around him Picture Quote #1

In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be unfaithful to him as often as they like, but he must never, never be unfaithful to them Picture Quote #1

I sometimes feel I’m a sort of cult writer, rather than a mainstream writer, in that those who like my stuff like it a lot, but the appeal is not that broad Picture Quote #1

Of course, English is a very powerful language, a colonizer’s language and a gift to a writer. English has destroyed and sucked up the languages of other cultures - its cruelty is its vitality Picture Quote #1

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Part of living, part of becoming a wise man or a wise woman, is to get to that point where you can have a friend for whom you are genuinely happy when he or she has a success. That’s tough. Very few people get to that point. With writers it’s next to impossible. You can’t really bless a writer who’s as good as yourself Picture Quote #1

I had a blog where I tried to be transparent while giving away nothing. I tweeted and Facebooked badly. As a writer, your ‘voice’ is your calling card, yet my voice was becoming indistinguishable from billions of other voices Picture Quote #1

I was married to a law student, and I used to attend classes with him at Georgetown University Law Center. Being of dramatic bent, I was drawn mainly to Criminal law and Evidence classes. A just-beginning writer, I would find an empty chair and listen, mesmerized, to the lectures Picture Quote #1

A lot of people think they should be happy all the time. But the writer understands you need both. You need the whole piano: the richness of the whole human experience. Depression, suffering and anger are all part of being human Picture Quote #1

The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a bad ending to a good character, or give a good ending to a bad character. That’s probably not a very postmodern thing to say Picture Quote #1

I’ve been accused of being a minimalist writer. I don’t like a lot of verbiage in there Picture Quote #1

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Two hours of writing fiction leaves this writer completely drained. For those two hours he has been in a different place with totally different people (Writer Quotes) Action, reaction, motivation, emotion, all have to come from the characters. Writing a love scene requires the same elements from the writer as any other (Writer Quotes) It’s a luxury being a writer, because all you ever think about is life (Writer Quotes) The final lesson a writer learns is that everything can nourish the writer. The dictionary, a new word, a voyage, an encounter, a talk on the street, a book, a phrase learned (Writer Quotes) When I was sixteen or seventeen, I wanted to be a writer. I wanted to be a playwright. But everything I wrote, I thought, was weak. And I can remember falling asleep in tears because I had no talent the way I wanted to have (Writer Quotes) I’ve always wondered, am I a writer who preaches or a preacher who writes? I don’t know. I love them both (Writer Quotes) A big enough artist, I say, can eat anything, must eat everything and then alchemize it. Only the feeble writer is afraid of expansion (Writer Quotes) Writer advice... Write. Finish things. Go for walks. Read a lot and outside your comfort zone. Stay interested. Daydream. Write (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) How do you know if your child is a writer? Your obstetrician holds his stethoscope to your abdomen and only hears excuses (Writer Quotes) The work of a writer, his continuing work, depends for breath of life on a certain privacy of heart (Writer Quotes) A good writer is an expert on nothing except himself. And on that subject, if he is wise, he holds his tongue (Writer Quotes) Humor has to surprise us; otherwise, it isn’t funny. It’s a death knell for a writer to be labeled a humorist because then it’s not a surprise anymore (Writer Quotes) When a regular person gets sick, they take an aspirin. When a writer gets sick, they take notes (Writer Quotes) I think every professor and writer is in some way an exhibitionist because his or her normal activity is a theatrical one. When you give a lesson the situation is the same as writing a book. You have to capture the attention, the complicity of your audience (Writer Quotes) A writer, or any man, must believe that whatever happens to him is an instrument; everything has been given for an end. This is even stronger in the case of the artist. Everything that happens, including humiliations, embarrassments, misfortunes, all has been given like clay, like material for one’s art. One must accept it (Writer Quotes) A writer is someone who spends years patiently trying to discover the second being inside him, and the world that makes him who he is: when I speak of writing, what comes first to my mind is not a novel, a poem, or literary tradition, it is a person who shuts himself up in a room, sits down at a table, and alone, turns inward; amid its shadows, he builds a new world with words (Writer Quotes) It’s much better to be a tribal writer, writing for all people and reflecting many voices through us, than to be a cloistered being trying to find one peanut of truth in our own individual mind. Become big and write with the whole world in your arms (Writer Quotes) Ideally, the writer needs no audience other than the few who understand. It is immodest and greedy to want more (Writer Quotes) If you’re a freelance writer and aren’t used to being ignored, neglected, and generally given short shrift, you must not have been in the business very long (Writer Quotes) For me, a writer should be more like a lighthouse keeper, just out there by himself. He shouldn’t get his ideas from other people all around him (Writer Quotes) In relation to a writer, most readers believe in the Double Standard: they may be unfaithful to him as often as they like, but he must never, never be unfaithful to them (Writer Quotes) I sometimes feel I’m a sort of cult writer, rather than a mainstream writer, in that those who like my stuff like it a lot, but the appeal is not that broad (Writer Quotes) Of course, English is a very powerful language, a colonizer’s language and a gift to a writer. English has destroyed and sucked up the languages of other cultures - its cruelty is its vitality (Writer Quotes) Part of living, part of becoming a wise man or a wise woman, is to get to that point where you can have a friend for whom you are genuinely happy when he or she has a success. That’s tough. Very few people get to that point. With writers it’s next to impossible. You can’t really bless a writer who’s as good as yourself (Writer Quotes) I had a blog where I tried to be transparent while giving away nothing. I tweeted and Facebooked badly. As a writer, your ‘voice’ is your calling card, yet my voice was becoming indistinguishable from billions of other voices (Writer Quotes) I was married to a law student, and I used to attend classes with him at Georgetown University Law Center. Being of dramatic bent, I was drawn mainly to Criminal law and Evidence classes. A just-beginning writer, I would find an empty chair and listen, mesmerized, to the lectures. (Writer Quotes) A lot of people think they should be happy all the time. But the writer understands you need both. You need the whole piano: the richness of the whole human experience. Depression, suffering and anger are all part of being human. (Writer Quotes) The legacy of the fairy story in my brain is that everything will work out. In fiction it would be very hard for me, as a writer, to give a bad ending to a good character, or give a good ending to a bad character. That’s probably not a very postmodern thing to say. (Writer Quotes) I’ve been accused of being a minimalist writer. I don’t like a lot of verbiage in there. (Writer Quotes)

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