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I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning
I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning
A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a read more
A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a herd of buffalo in the room than even one cat; they make nests in the notes and bite the end of the pen and walk on the typewriter keys.
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.
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.
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.
Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.
Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to be more themselves.
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.
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
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.
