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Writing Quotes

Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public 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

The beginning and the end are never really the journey of discovery for me. It is the middle that remains a puzzle until well into the writing. That’s how life is most of the time, isn’t it? You know where you are and where you hope to wind up. It’s the getting there that’s challenging 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

Being incomprehensible offers unparalleled protection against having nothing to say... but writing with simplicity requires courage, for there is a danger that one will be overlooked, dismissed as simpleminded by those with a tenacious belief that the impassable prose is a hallmark of intelligence Picture Quote #1

When things are going well, you do have the sense that what you’re writing is being fed to you in some way. Auden compared writing a poem to cleaning an old piece of slate until the letters appear. The only way you could reveal your God is perhaps under hypnosis. It’s sacred and it’s secret, even to the writer Picture Quote #1

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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

No, originally I thought that writing articles would keep me from having to see a psychiatrist, but I became even more depressed as a result Picture Quote #1

I’m looking for the novelists whose writing is an extension of their intellect rather than an extension of their neurosis Picture Quote #1

I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned Picture Quote #1

Headmaster: Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall Picture Quote #1

I don’t blame you for writing of me as you have. You had to believe other stories, but then I don’t know if any one would believe anything good of me anyway Picture Quote #1

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Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it’s addressed to someone else Picture Quote #1

There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as do exist do not lead through neat critical gardens, various as they are, but through the jungles of self, the world, and of craft Picture Quote #1

Usually my writing is very over the top and bombastic and very, like, ‘I’m amazing! Look at me!’ Picture Quote #1

‘An Unquiet Mind’ wasn’t hard to write in terms of the actual writing of it Picture Quote #1

Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers Picture Quote #1

It’s true that I have very little idea what I shall be writing next, but at the same time I have a powerful premonition of everything that lies ahead of me, even ten years ahead Picture Quote #1

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He is not in the least arrogant. The last album was written in a room in Sussex. He was like a mad professor, spending all day writing and then coming out with brilliant tunes Picture Quote #1

I really get fired up with female protagonists. I can really feel the difference in myself when I am writing a script that has a woman at the center Picture Quote #1

By elevating your reading, you will improve your writing or at least tickle your thinking Picture Quote #1

I’m a bit like a sponge. When I’m not writing I absorb life like water. When I write I squeeze the sponge a little - and out comes, not water but ink Picture Quote #1

On tour, it’s hard to do much writing, but if I’m on a deadline, I find a way Picture Quote #1

A good day’s writing, when I turn off my computer after I know that I’ve written okay, or as well as I can write, that’s a day well spent Picture Quote #1

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Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public (Writing 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 (Writing Quotes) The beginning and the end are never really the journey of discovery for me. It is the middle that remains a puzzle until well into the writing. That’s how life is most of the time, isn’t it? You know where you are and where you hope to wind up. It’s the getting there that’s challenging (Writing 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 (Writing Quotes) Being incomprehensible offers unparalleled protection against having nothing to say... but writing with simplicity requires courage, for there is a danger that one will be overlooked, dismissed as simpleminded by those with a tenacious belief that the impassable prose is a hallmark of intelligence (Writing Quotes) When things are going well, you do have the sense that what you’re writing is being fed to you in some way. Auden compared writing a poem to cleaning an old piece of slate until the letters appear. The only way you could reveal your God is perhaps under hypnosis. It’s sacred and it’s secret, even to the writer (Writing 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 (Writing Quotes) No, originally I thought that writing articles would keep me from having to see a psychiatrist, but I became even more depressed as a result (Writing Quotes) I’m looking for the novelists whose writing is an extension of their intellect rather than an extension of their neurosis (Writing Quotes) I like to be surprised. The best writing is when it defies me, when it starts going a different way than I had planned (Writing Quotes) Headmaster: Mark my words, when a society has to resort to the lavatory for its humour, the writing is on the wall (Writing Quotes) I don’t blame you for writing of me as you have. You had to believe other stories, but then I don’t know if any one would believe anything good of me anyway (Writing Quotes) Most of us can read the writing on the wall; we just assume it’s addressed to someone else (Writing Quotes) There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as do exist do not lead through neat critical gardens, various as they are, but through the jungles of self, the world, and of craft (Writing Quotes) Usually my writing is very over the top and bombastic and very, like, ‘I’m amazing! Look at me!’ (Writing Quotes) ‘An Unquiet Mind’ wasn’t hard to write in terms of the actual writing of it (Writing Quotes) Writing songs is like capturing birds without killing them. Sometimes you end up with nothing but a mouthful of feathers (Writing Quotes) It’s true that I have very little idea what I shall be writing next, but at the same time I have a powerful premonition of everything that lies ahead of me, even ten years ahead (Writing Quotes) He is not in the least arrogant. The last album was written in a room in Sussex. He was like a mad professor, spending all day writing and then coming out with brilliant tunes (Writing Quotes) I really get fired up with female protagonists. I can really feel the difference in myself when I am writing a script that has a woman at the center (Writing Quotes) By elevating your reading, you will improve your writing or at least tickle your thinking (Writing Quotes) I’m a bit like a sponge. When I’m not writing I absorb life like water. When I write I squeeze the sponge a little - and out comes, not water but ink (Writing Quotes) On tour, it’s hard to do much writing, but if I’m on a deadline, I find a way (Writing Quotes) A good day’s writing, when I turn off my computer after I know that I’ve written okay, or as well as I can write, that’s a day well spent (Writing Quotes)

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