David Remnick Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• We should put pressure on power and write the truth and write relentlessly and fearlessly. That's the job.

  David Remnick

  Jobs, Writing, Pressure

  Source: www.spiegel.de

• A.J. Liebling, one of my heroes, used to say that he could write better than anyone who wrote faster, and faster than anyone who could write better. I'm one nine-hundredth as good as Liebling, but that principle may slightly apply.

  David Remnick

  Hero, Writing, Principles

  "The quiet American" by Gaby Wood, www.theguardian.com. September 10, 2006.

• I have to always remember, writing is really hard.

  David Remnick

  Writing, Remember, Hard

  "Remnick: Why He Understands Obama, Uniquely" by Lea Carpenter, bigthink.com.

• Everybody has a cartoon of themselves. Mine is: I write very fast, and I'm ruthlessly efficient with my time.

  David Remnick

  Writing, Cartoon, Mines

• Russian is such a tough and complex language that I am happy enough to understand everything and read most things pretty well, but, without constant practice, my speech is not what I wish it was, and I would sooner write in crayon than write a letter in Russian.

  David Remnick

  Writing, Practice, Wish

  "Ask the Author Live: David Remnick on Russia and Putin". The New Yorker Live Chat, www.newyorker.com. December 9, 2011.

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