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Writer Quotes

A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has the misfortune of getting into print Picture Quote #1

I was hardly fit for human society. Thus destiny shaped me to be a science fiction writer Picture Quote #1

Such reproductions may not interest the reader; but after all, this is my autobiography, not his; he is under no obligation to read further in it; he was under none to begin. A modest or inhibited autobiography is written without entertainment to the writer and read with distrust by the reader Picture Quote #1

There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder Picture Quote #1

You write not for children but for yourself. And if by good fortune children enjoy what you enjoy, why then you are a writer of children’s books Picture Quote #1

If I’m a lousy writer, then an awful lot of people have lousy taste Picture Quote #1

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Probably all of us, writers and readers alike, set out into exile, or at least into a certain kind of exile, when we leave childhood behind... The immigrant, the nomad, the traveler, the sleepwalker all exist, but not the exile, since every writer becomes an exile simply by venturing into literature, and every reader becomes an exile simply by opening a book Picture Quote #1

It’s one of the reasons I became a writer, to be able to smoke in peace Picture Quote #1

Every writer must reconcile, as best he may, the conflicting claims of consistency and variety, of rigour in detail and elegance in the whole. The present author humbly confesses that, to him, geometry is nothing at all, if not a branch of art Picture Quote #1

If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego Picture Quote #1

A writer or painter cannot change the world. But they can keep an essential margin of nonconformity alive Picture Quote #1

One hasn’t become a writer until one has distilled writing into a habit, and that habit has been forced into an obsession. Writing has to be an obsession. It has to be something as organic, physiological and psychological as speaking or sleeping or eating Picture Quote #1

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You don’t have to be crazy to be a writer, but it certainly does help Picture Quote #1

I always say that a poet loves the world, and the prose writer needs to create an alternative world Picture Quote #1

When I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry Picture Quote #1

A writer has many tools: eyes, ears, nose, sensations, thoughts feelings and imagination. The tools can construct a house of stories Picture Quote #1

To be an honest writer, you have to be away from home, and totally alone in life Picture Quote #1

There is no right or wrong way to write a novel. Each journey is different for every individual work and for every writer. The first error is never to begin; the second is never to finish Picture Quote #1

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As a writer, I am just an actor in a play, telling a story that needs to be told Picture Quote #1

For the introvert, conversation can be a very limited forum for self expression. When a song moves you, a writer gets you or a theory enlightens you, you and its creator are connecting in a realm beyond sight or speech Picture Quote #1

Book after book, I get hooked, every time the writer talks to me like a friend Picture Quote #1

If bad taste were a felony, every writer I know would’ve done prison time Picture Quote #1

Light is the photographic medium par excellence; it is to the photographer what words are to the writer; color and paint to the painter; wood, metal, stone, or clay to the sculptor Picture Quote #1

Evidently there are plenty of people in journalism who have neither got what they liked nor quite grown to like what they get. They write pieces they do not much enjoy writing, for papers they totally despise, and the sad process ends by ruining their style and disintegrating their personality, two developments which in a writer cannot be separate, since his personality and style must progress or deteriorate together, like a married couple in a country where death is the only permissible divorce Picture Quote #1

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I never wanted to be mainstream as a writer, but look at what’s happened Picture Quote #1

I think every fiction writer, to a certain extent, is a schizophrenic and able to have two or three or five voices in his or her body. We seek, through our profession, to get those voices onto paper Picture Quote #1

Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer plows the dirt; the comedian draws the laughter. Monetary income is the perfect deceiver of a man’s true worth Picture Quote #1

When I started to be a writer, I was not going to run the risk of boring you Picture Quote #1

As a writer, I am not goddess of the universes I create. I am at most a stage manager of the plentiful gifts which tumble out of the horn of plenty, which is to say there is a source so sweet and forgiving and generous that I pray every day to let that source be my guide Picture Quote #1

When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff. But when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to Picture Quote #1

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A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has the misfortune of getting into print (Writer Quotes) I was hardly fit for human society. Thus destiny shaped me to be a science fiction writer (Writer Quotes) Such reproductions may not interest the reader; but after all, this is my autobiography, not his; he is under no obligation to read further in it; he was under none to begin. A modest or inhibited autobiography is written without entertainment to the writer and read with distrust by the reader (Writer Quotes) There are two kinds of writer: those that make you think, and those that make you wonder (Writer Quotes) You write not for children but for yourself. And if by good fortune children enjoy what you enjoy, why then you are a writer of children’s books (Writer Quotes) If I’m a lousy writer, then an awful lot of people have lousy taste (Writer Quotes) Probably all of us, writers and readers alike, set out into exile, or at least into a certain kind of exile, when we leave childhood behind... The immigrant, the nomad, the traveler, the sleepwalker all exist, but not the exile, since every writer becomes an exile simply by venturing into literature, and every reader becomes an exile simply by opening a book (Writer Quotes) It’s one of the reasons I became a writer, to be able to smoke in peace (Writer Quotes) Every writer must reconcile, as best he may, the conflicting claims of consistency and variety, of rigour in detail and elegance in the whole. The present author humbly confesses that, to him, geometry is nothing at all, if not a branch of art (Writer Quotes) If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego (Writer Quotes) A writer or painter cannot change the world. But they can keep an essential margin of nonconformity alive (Writer Quotes) One hasn’t become a writer until one has distilled writing into a habit, and that habit has been forced into an obsession. Writing has to be an obsession. It has to be something as organic, physiological and psychological as speaking or sleeping or eating (Writer Quotes) You don’t have to be crazy to be a writer, but it certainly does help (Writer Quotes) I always say that a poet loves the world, and the prose writer needs to create an alternative world (Writer Quotes) When I first wanted to be a writer, I learned to write prose by reading poetry (Writer Quotes) A writer has many tools: eyes, ears, nose, sensations, thoughts feelings and imagination. The tools can construct a house of stories (Writer Quotes) To be an honest writer, you have to be away from home, and totally alone in life (Writer Quotes) There is no right or wrong way to write a novel. Each journey is different for every individual work and for every writer. The first error is never to begin; the second is never to finish (Writer Quotes) As a writer, I am just an actor in a play, telling a story that needs to be told (Writer Quotes) For the introvert, conversation can be a very limited forum for self expression. When a song moves you, a writer gets you or a theory enlightens you, you and its creator are connecting in a realm beyond sight or speech (Writer Quotes) Book after book, I get hooked, every time the writer talks to me like a friend (Writer Quotes) If bad taste were a felony, every writer I know would’ve done prison time (Writer Quotes) Light is the photographic medium par excellence; it is to the photographer what words are to the writer; color and paint to the painter; wood, metal, stone, or clay to the sculptor (Writer Quotes) Evidently there are plenty of people in journalism who have neither got what they liked nor quite grown to like what they get. They write pieces they do not much enjoy writing, for papers they totally despise, and the sad process ends by ruining their style and disintegrating their personality, two developments which in a writer cannot be separate, since his personality and style must progress or deteriorate together, like a married couple in a country where death is the only permissible divorce (Writer Quotes) I never wanted to be mainstream as a writer, but look at what’s happened (Writer Quotes) I think every fiction writer, to a certain extent, is a schizophrenic and able to have two or three or five voices in his or her body. We seek, through our profession, to get those voices onto paper (Writer Quotes) Every job from the heart is, ultimately, of equal value. The nurse injects the syringe; the writer slides the pen; the farmer plows the dirt; the comedian draws the laughter. Monetary income is the perfect deceiver of a man’s true worth (Writer Quotes) When I started to be a writer, I was not going to run the risk of boring you (Writer Quotes) As a writer, I am not goddess of the universes I create. I am at most a stage manager of the plentiful gifts which tumble out of the horn of plenty, which is to say there is a source so sweet and forgiving and generous that I pray every day to let that source be my guide (Writer Quotes) When you’re a writer, you hear your internal critic, and that’s really hard to get over. And then sometimes you hear critiques from classmates and stuff. But when a book comes out, it’s just hundreds of opinions and you have to learn to separate out the ones you want to listen to or figure out many you want to listen to (Writer Quotes)

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