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Writer Quotes (page 54)

But if a stranger in the train asks me my occupation, I never answer "writer" for fear that he may go on to ask me what I write, and to answer "poetry" would embarrass us both, for we both know that nobody can earn a living simply by writing poetry. W. H. Auden
E. B. White quote: "A despot doesn't fear eloquent writers preaching freedom-he..."
A despot doesn't fear eloquent writers preaching freedom-he fears a drunken poet may crack a joke that will take hold. E. B. White
Virginia Woolf quote: "For the film maker must come by his convention, as painters..."
For the film maker must come by his convention, as painters and writers and musicians have done before him. Virginia Woolf
we must perpetually try to distinguish, however closely they get entwined by the subtle nature of the facts and by the secret importunity of our passions, those attitudes in a writer which we can honestly and confidently condemn as real evils, and those qualities in his writing which simply annoy and offend us as men of taste. C. S. Lewis
Anton Chekhov quote: "The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state..."
The task of a writer is not to solve the problem but to state the problem correctly. Anton Chekhov
Maybe Shooter was a writer. He fulfilled both of the main requirements: he told a tale you wanted to hear to the end, even if you had a pretty good idea what the end was going to be, and he was so full of shit he squeaked. Stephen King
If stone-sober people can fuck like they're out of their minds -- can actually be out of their minds while caught in that throe -- why shouldn't writers be able to go bonkers and still stay sane? Stephen King
Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it's the history of ideas, the history of our civilization birthing itself. ...Science fiction is central to everything we've ever done, and people who make fun of science fiction writers don't know what they're talking about. Ray Bradbury
Epictetus quote: "If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write."
If you would be a reader, read; if a writer, write. Epictetus
Wallace Stegner quote: "A writer is an organism that will go on writing even after its..."
A writer is an organism that will go on writing even after its heart has been cut out. Wallace Stegner
It is sheer hell in this house. I would have to be quite a writer to describe it properly. Anyhow, I sprang from the chaos and it is my business to pull myself out of it. Etty Hillesum
Colin Wilson quote: "I've always believed that a writer has got to remain an outsider."
I've always believed that a writer has got to remain an outsider. Colin Wilson
Ernest Hemingway quote: "The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in,..."
The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof, shit detector. Ernest Hemingway
John Irving quote: "This is a writer’s lesson: To learn that the sounds that we..."
This is a writer’s lesson: To learn that the sounds that we imagine can be the clearest, loudest sounds of all. John Irving
Salman Rushdie quote: "Whores and writers, Mahound. We are the people you can't forgive."
Whores and writers, Mahound. We are the people you can't forgive. Salman Rushdie

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