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For a creative writer possession of the "truth" is less important than emotional sincerity.
For a creative writer possession of the "truth" is less important than emotional sincerity.
The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is read more
The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.
The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.
The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.
He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.
He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.
A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the read more
A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader and from the reader the writer learns.
To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, read more
To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one suffers from not loving. Therefore, to love is to suffer; not to love is to suffer; to suffer is to suffer. To be happy is to love. To be happy, then, is to suffer, but suffering makes one unhappy. Therefore, to be happy, one must love or love to suffer or suffer from too much happiness.
Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood
Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood
Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
Originality is nothing by judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another.
The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.
The true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and no other task is of any consequence.
