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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.
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.
Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat watching is a near-perfect method of writing avoidance
Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat watching is a near-perfect method of writing avoidance
For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.
For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.
Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.
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.
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.
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.
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
