Great Writers Quotes - Page 2

• For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That is why no regime has ever loved great writers, only minor ones.

  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  Love, Country, Government

  "In the First Circle". Book by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, 1968.

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• I love and care about literature, and great writers are our teachers. You're studying their mind when you read their work.

  Natalie Goldberg

  Teacher, Mind, Literature

  "The Writing Life". Interview with Mark Matousek, www.psychologytoday.com. July 19, 2016.

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• Every great writer is a writer of history, let him treat on almost what subject he may.

  Walter Savage Landor

  History, May, Treats

  "Works: Indexes. Table of first lines. Imaginary conversations".

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• Almost all great writers have as their motif, more or less disguised, the passage from childhood to maturity, the clash between the thrill of expectation and the disillusioning knowledge of truth. 'Lost Illusion' is the undisclosed title of every novel.

  Andre Maurois

  Writing, Maturity, Expectations

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• Great writers are not those who tell us we shouldn’t play with fire, but those who make our fingers burn.

  Stephen Vizinczey

  Fire, Play, Fingers

  Stephen Vizinczey (1988). “Truth and Lies in Literature: Essays and Reviews”, p.161, University of Chicago Press

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• Lizzy Weiss is such a great writer, and she really writes for the performances.

  Vanessa Marano

  Writing, Lizzy, Performances

  "Biography/Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• I really enjoy English and poetry and writing classes. You do get writer's block when you're writing music, and having inspiration from other great writers is great. You have to look for inspiration because sometimes music isn't the only thing that you can look at.

  Taylor Momsen

  Block, Inspiration, Writing

  www.seventeen.com. January 27, 2010.

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• Jesse Joyce is a great writer.

  Dave Attell

  Joyce

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• I mean, the problem is, I think I'm a great writer.

  Aaron Eckhart

  Mean, Thinking, Problem

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• Many great writers address audiences who do not exist; to address passionately and sometimes with very great wisdom people who do not exist has this advantage - that there will always be a group of people who, seeing a man shouting apparently at somebody or other, and seeing nobody else in sight, will think it is they who are being addressed.

  Wyndham Lewis

  Men, Thinking, Sight

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• He was so good at everything he did. You can't call Ronnie Barker a comedian. He was an actor, and a great writer.

  Bruce Forsyth

  Comedian, Actors

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• The great writers to whom the world owes what religious liberty it possesses, have mostly asserted freedom of conscience as an indefeasible right, and denied absolutely that a human being is accountable to others for his religious belief. Yet so natural to mankind is intolerance in whatever they really care about, that religious freedom has hardly anywhere been practically realised, except where religious indifference, which dislikes to have its peace disturbed by theological quarrels, has added its weight to the scale.

  John Stuart Mill

  Religious, Tolerance, Religion

  John Stuart Mill (2016). “On Liberty: Mill's Works”, p.17, VM eBooks

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• Great writers leave us not just their works, but a way of looking at things.

  Elizabeth Janeway

  Way

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• I haven't stuck to any formula. Most great writers stick to the same style, but I wanted to be more various

  Irwin Shaw

  Style, Sticks, Stuck

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• You know, that's kind of the thing, I can't freestyle and I used to always wonder why I couldn't, and when I would try once out of every six months, but I was always a great writer!

  Bubba Sparxxx

  Trying, Six, Months

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• If I have learned how to write fiction it's by working with great writers and getting them to explain their craft to me so that I can do it in English.

  Elliott Colla

  Writing, Fiction, Crafts

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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• The only authors whom I acknowledge as American are the journalists. They, indeed, are not great writers, but they speak the language of their countrymen, and make themselves heard by them.

  Alexis de Tocqueville

  Journalism, Language, Speak

  Alexis de Tocqueville (1840). “Democracy in America”, p.112

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• Why is contemporary China short of works that speak directly? Because we writers cannot speak directly, or rather we can only speak in an indirect way.Why does contemporary China lack good works that critique our current situation? Because our current situation may not be critiqued. We have not only lost the right to criticise, but the courage to do so.Why is modern China lacking in great writers? Because all the great writers are castrated while still in the nursery.

  Murong Xuecun

  Nurse, May, Way

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• I look for strong people. I don't like people who'll say yes to everything I might bring up. I want people who can argue and disagree and have a point of view that's reflected in the magazine. My dad believed in the cult of personality. He brought great writers and columnists to The Standard.

  Anna Wintour

  Fashion, Strong, Dad

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• My family is involved and my wife Brenda is a great, great writer. She helps me with the writing of everything and also sings with me. I owe a lot to Brenda.

  Rick Derringer

  Writing, Wife, Helping

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• But I was, and still am, an avid reader and so when I first started I chose to photograph many of the great writers in this country to try and earn a living.

  Fay Godwin

  Photography, Country, Avid

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• David O. Russell is probably my favorite filmmaker. He's not only a great director, but he's also a great writer.

  Adam McKay

  Directors, My Favorite, Filmmaker

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• There's lots of things that can't make it in the world that are worth making. There are lots of great artists who never make it, there are lots of great writers who don't get published - is it still worthwhile? Aren't we glad people are still doing it?

  Dana Spiotta

  Artist, People, World

  "Dana Spiotta on living the creative life". Interview with Jacket Copy, latimesblogs.latimes.com. August 3, 2011.

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• The road to hell is paved with leeks and potatoes

  Julie Powell

  Writing, Sisterhood, Skulls

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• From Finding the Center to Reading and Writing: A Personal Account, the story remains the same: in a journey unique to myself, I left my worthless home, with its small people, and I sailed against the tides of chance and history looking for a better place -- for the center -- where I suffered greatly and made myself into a great writer.

  Caryl Phillips

  Reading, Home, Writing

  Caryl Phillips (2010). “A New World Order”, p.192, Random House

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