Quotes having the keyword Writer
It's probably why I'm a short story writer. I tend to remember things in the past in narrative form, in story form, and I grew up around people who told stories all the time.
by Tobias Wolff (Writer, American , born in 1945) keywords: around, form, grew, narrative, past, probably, remember, short, stories, story, tend, things, time, told, up, why , writer Of course it's why you want to become a writer - because you have the liberty to do that, but once you have the liberty you also have the obligation to do it.
by Tobias Wolff (Writer, American , born in 1945) keywords: also, because, become, course, liberty, obligation, once, want, why , writer That, for me, is a very important test of a young writer's commitment because most of them are going to have to continue doing that when they've finished the program.
by Tobias Wolff (Writer, American , born in 1945) keywords: because, commitment, continue, doing, finished, going, important, most, program, test, them, very, writer , young When I was about 14 or 15 I decided to become a writer and never for a moment since have I wanted to do anything else.
by Tobias Wolff (Writer, American , born in 1945) keywords: anything, become, decided, else, moment, never, since, wanted , writer I don't believe in kicking away ladders. By that, I mean the ladders by which I ascended as a young writer, small magazines that didn't pay anything, and that sort of thing.
by George Woodcock (Writer, Canadian , born in 1912) keywords: anything, ascended, away, believe, kicking, ladders, magazines, mean, pay, small, sort, thing, which, writer , young Now I am a writer who can command fairly good payments from magazines with large circulations, I very often refuse to write for them and still write sometimes for small magazines for nothing.
by George Woodcock (Writer, Canadian , born in 1912) keywords: am, command, fairly, good, large, magazines, nothing, now, often, payments, refuse, small, sometimes, still, them, very, write , writer Every secret of a writer's soul, every experience of his life, every quality of his mind is written large in his works.
by Virginia Woolf (Author, British , born in 1970) keywords: every, experience, his, large, life, mind, quality, secret, soul, works, writer , written As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always a mystery. So I always tried to present as many views as possible on women's worlds.
by Gao Xingjian (Novelist, Chinese , born in 1940) keywords: always, male, many, men, mystery, possible, present, pursue, their, tried, views, women, world, worlds , writer I think it is probably more important to attend specialized conventions for a journeyman writer than any other, but it's useful at all stages of a career, if for nothing else, to find out how the industry is working at any given time.
by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (Writer, American , born in 1942) keywords: any, attend, career, conventions, else, find, given, how, important, industry, journeyman, more, nothing, other, out, probably, specialized, stages, than, think, time, useful, working , writer Providing a writer isn't put off by conventions - and some are - attending them can be a nice break from the necessary isolation of writing.
by Chelsea Quinn Yarbro (Writer, American , born in 1942) keywords: attending, break, conventions, isolation, necessary, nice, off, providing, put, some, them, writer , writing When a writer admits that he has an affection for something which he has written, it is high time to pray for his soul.
by Dornford Yates (Novelist, British , born in 1885) keywords: admits, affection, high, his, pray, something, soul, time, which, writer , written The creations of a great writer are little more than the moods and passions of his own heart, given surnames and Christian names, and sent to walk the earth.
by William Butler Yeats (Poet, Irish , born in 1970) keywords: christian, creations, earth, given, great, heart, his, little, moods, more, names, own, passions, sent, than, walk , writer This was something that was obsessing me and creating a writer's block. To get involved and get stuck in, get the proper information about what's going on has really helped.
by Thom Yorke (Musician, English , born in 1968) keywords: block, creating, get, going, helped, information, involved, proper, really, something, stuck , writer A good writer cannot avoid having social consciousness. I don't mean this about small pieces of writing, but about a big book. If it's a big book, there has to be more than one undertow.
by Marguerite Young (Author, American , born in 1908) keywords: avoid, big, book, cannot, consciousness, good, having, mean, more, pieces, small, social, than, undertow, writer , writing I never thought of myself as either a woman or a man. I thought of myself as a person who was born to a writer, who was doomed to be a writer.
by Marguerite Young (Author, American , born in 1908) keywords: born, doomed, either, man, myself, never, person, thought, woman , writer A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes has the misfortune of getting into print.
by Marguerite Yourcenar (Novelist, American , born in 1903) keywords: beginning, bores, family, getting, hand, his, into, misfortune, musician, only, other, plays, print, room, scales, sometimes, writer , young For a writer, life is always too short to write. I will just try my best during what remains of my life.
by Cao Yu (Playwright, Chinese , born in 1910) keywords: always, best, during, just, life, remains, short, too, try, will, write , writer For a writer, published works are like fallen flowers, but the expected new work is like a calyx waiting to blossom.
by Cao Yu (Playwright, Chinese , born in 1910) keywords: blossom, expected, fallen, flowers, new, published, waiting, work, works , writer
