115 quotes found
“People like to be listened to, as every researcher knows – every researcher, every writer, every spy.”
“Plato, along with the latest pope, recognised how dangerous it is to have an artist around making mischief, stirring things up with the spoon of truth and intoxicant of fantasy and magic. And so, f...”
“The writer, indeed every real artist, was the devil, rivalling God in creativity, trying even to surpass him. God was surely man’s most fatal creation, the devil’s kitsch bitch. It was God, with hi...”
“Editing one’s writing is as easy as lighting a match while riding a bicycle.”
“And yet Curt’s a real writer too. His machinery is stuck, that’s all.”
“Curt, my husband, is a writer, and he’ll never write again. That’s our funeral, as they say down south. Now in your case, my pet, you’re married to a phenomenon of our own special epoch, a man who ...”
“When sitting down to write a letter, it always pays to calm one’s mood, collect one’s thoughts, and have a plan.”
“Putting pen to paper without first deciding the route and pace at which to scribe is like setting off on a bicycle without first checking the tyres.”
“A pen that has clocked up a million words, a lifetime’s memories, is worth more than the centrepiece in a jeweller’s window.”
“A writer paradoxically seeks the truth and tells lies every step of the way.”
“My stories are my children. Some are sweet infants that I coddle and care for. Others are old enough now, they need to damn well get a job!”
“You can't possibly know that you're going to be a writer!" Miss Frost said. "It's not a career choice.”
“A good writer must be like the birds of a dark forest; you can’t see them, but you can hear their mysterious and wise voices!”
“I do not think one can assess a writer's motives without knowing something of his early development. His subject matter will be determined by the age he lives in... but before he ever begins to wri...”
“But, it didn’t matter that my mother suspected and knew that I was a writer. It was expected of me to take care of my share of the responsibility of making our way in the world as a family. In thos...”
