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William Styron Quotes

William Styron quotes about writing

American Novelist, Writer June 11, 1925 – November 1, 2006

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Someday I will understand Auschwitz. This was a brave statement but innocently absurd. No one will ever understand Auschwitz. What I might have set down with more accuracy would have been: Someday I will write about Sophie's life and death, and thereby help demonstrate how absolute evil is never extinguished from the world. Auschwitz itself remains inexplicable. The most profound statement yet made about Auschwitz was not a statement at all, but a response. The query: "At Auschwitz, tell me,... William Styron
I get a fine warm feeling when I'm doing well, but that pleasure is pretty much negated by the pain of getting started each day. Let's face it, writing is hell. William Styron
The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis, and we'd have mighty dull literature if all the writers that came along were a happy bunch of chuckleheads. William Styron
William Styron quote: "The good writing of any age has always been the product of..."
The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis. William Styron
William Styron quote: "Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually..."
Writing is a fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats... for jittery people. William Styron
William Styron quote: "Let's face it, writing is hell."
Let's face it, writing is hell. William Styron
William Styron quote: "The writer's duty is to keep on writing."
The writer's duty is to keep on writing. William Styron

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