Writer Quotes and Sayings
The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature: only then can he see clearly. ~ Julian Barnes. The vocation of each writer is to describe the world as he or she sees it; anything more than that is advertising. ~ Hanif Kureishi. All writing, all art, is an act of faith. If one tries to contribute to human understanding, how can that be called decadent? It’s like saying a declaration of love is an act of decadence. Any work of art...is an act of faith and therefore is an act of love. ~ Truman Capote. Next to the defeated politician, the writer is the most vocal and inventive griper on earth. He sees hardship and unfairness wherever he looks. His agent doesn’t love him (enough). The blank sheet of paper is an enemy. The publisher is a cheapskate. The critic is a philistine. The public doesn’t understand him. His wife doesn’t understand him. ~ Peter Mayle. The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time. ~ George Bernard Shaw. |
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