Nick Flynn Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• On a good day I write, all day.

  Nick Flynn

  Writing, Good Day

• I became an electrician after high school. But I always had this thing in me to write. But it was always a little shameful. To say you were a poet was saying you were kind of crazy, and I carried that around for a long time. I still kind of carry that. And I think it might be true, actually.

  Nick Flynn

  Crazy, Writing, School

  "'Being Flynn': When Dad Needs To Take Shelter". "Fresh Air", www.npr.org. February 29, 2012.

• Read as much as you can. Write only when you feel the inner need to do so. And don’t ever rush into print.

  Nick Flynn

  Writing, Needs, Print

  Nick Flynn (2016). “Another Bullshit Night in Suck City”, p.191, Faber & Faber

• If you're going to write about someone's life, you don't just use them for wallpaper. You have to honor and respect that life.

  Nick Flynn

  Writing, Honor And Respect, Use

• When I was a child, writing was the worst possible choice of a career in my family.

  Nick Flynn

  Children, Writing, Careers

  "'Being Flynn': When Dad Needs To Take Shelter". "Fresh Air" with Dave Davies, kazu.org. February 29, 2012.

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