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Writer Quotes (page 75)

I found my God in music and the arts, with writers like Hermann Hesse, and musicians like Muddy Waters, Howlin' Wolf, and Little Walter. In some way, in some form, my God was always there, but now I have learned to talk to him. Eric Clapton
Don DeLillo quote: "A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and..."
A writer takes earnest measures to secure his solitude and then finds endless ways to squander it. Don DeLillo
Jeffrey Eugenides quote: "She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than..."
She thought a writer should work harder writing a book than she did reading it. Jeffrey Eugenides
The writer has little control over personal temperament, none over historical moment, and is only partly in charge of his or her own aesthetic. Julian Barnes
The others in the dorm thought I wanted to be a writer, because I was always alone with a book, but I had no such ambition. There was nothing I wanted to be. Haruki Murakami
A great writer picks up on those things that matter. It’s almost like their radar is attuned to the most significant moments. Alain de Botton
The dramatic arises out of the margin of opaqueness between a writer and his personages, out of the potential for the unexpected. In the full dramatic character lurks the unforeseen possibility, the gift of disorder. George Steiner
Thomas Harris quote: "The intimacy of the detail - why The Silence of the Lambs is..."
The intimacy of the detail - why The Silence of the Lambs is quite possibly the Thriller Writer's bible. Thomas Harris
The writer and the dreamer have so much in common: They can't control the plot, they are always part of the story or the dream. Isabel Allende
Legislators, priests, philosophers, writers, ans scientists have striven to show that the subordinate position of woman is willed in heaven and advantageous on earth. Simone de Beauvoir
Haruki Murakami quote: "Most people probably didn't think I'd make it as a..."
Most people probably didn't think I'd make it as a professional writer. But I couldn't follow their advice. Haruki Murakami
The more pores, the more truthfully recorded details of life per square inch you can get on a sheet of paper, the more 'literary' you are... The good writers touch life often. Ray Bradbury
There's always time to read. Don't trust a writer who doesn't read. It's like eating food prepared by a cook who doesn't eat. Laura Lippman
I'm on the New York State Council for the Arts now, and every so often some other member talks about sending notices to college English departments about some literary opportunity, and I say, "Send them to the chemistry departments, send them to the zoology departments, send them to the anthropology departments and the astronomy departments and physics departments, and all the medical and law schools. That's where the writers are most likely to be. Kurt Vonnegut
With a writer's eye, Irving detected Jackson's depths. "As his admirers say, he is truly an old Roman-to which I would add, with a little dash of the Greek; for I suspect he is as knowing as I believe he is honest. Jon Meacham

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