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Theodore Sturgeon Quotes

Theodore Sturgeon quotes about writing

American Writer February 26, 1918 – May 8, 1985

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The first writing I did was short short stories for a newspaper syndicate for which I was paid five dollars a piece on publication. Theodore Sturgeon
Some major writers have a huge impact, like Ayn Rand, who to my mind is a lousy fiction writer because her writing has no compassion and virtually no humor. She has a philosophical and economical message that she is passing off as fiction, but it really isn't fiction at all. Theodore Sturgeon
Theodore Sturgeon quote: "You write a story about loneliness, and you grab them all..."
You write a story about loneliness, and you grab them all because everybody's an expert on that one. Theodore Sturgeon
You don't sit up in a cave and write the Great American Novel and know it is utterly superb, and then throw it page by page into the fire. You just don't do that. You send it out. You have to send it out. Theodore Sturgeon
Once I had all the facts in, I found I didn't have the immoral courage to pull the caper. So I wrote it as a story. As a teenager, I didn't have any skills for writing as such, so it came out in 1500 words. Theodore Sturgeon
Theodore Sturgeon quote: "Basically, fiction is people. You can't write fiction about..."
Basically, fiction is people. You can't write fiction about ideas. Theodore Sturgeon
Theodore Sturgeon quote: "There are a lot of people who write very intensely about..."
There are a lot of people who write very intensely about things they do not and cannot do. Theodore Sturgeon
Theodore Sturgeon quote: "You must write to the people's expertise."
You must write to the people's expertise. Theodore Sturgeon
Theodore Sturgeon quote: "Writing is a communication."
Writing is a communication. Theodore Sturgeon
Theodore Sturgeon quote: "I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students..."
I teach writing courses and first of all, I teach my students what prosody is. Theodore Sturgeon
Theodore Sturgeon quote: "There is no way of writing stories that I haven't done."
There is no way of writing stories that I haven't done. Theodore Sturgeon
Theodore Sturgeon quote: "I write a story as if it were a letter to someone and..."
I write a story as if it were a letter to someone and essentially, that's what you do. Theodore Sturgeon

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