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Fri 11 Dec 2015

Quoth

Posted by PJ under quotation, quote of the day, writers
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Random quote of the day:

“You have authority in your quotes if you ascribe them to someone else.”

—Jim Harrison on Anthony Bourdain’s No Reservations

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Mon 9 Nov 2015

Humble Joe

Posted by PJ under novels, quote of the day, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“When I read something saying I’ve not done anything as good as Catch-22 I’m tempted to reply, ‘Who has?’”

—Joseph Heller, quoted in The Oxford Dictionary of Literary Quotations, ed. Peter Kemp

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Mon 2 Nov 2015

Or maybe that’s just writers

Posted by PJ under mind, quote of the day, thinking, writers
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Random quote of the day:

“I believe that in your life, in your thoughts when you are alone, you are always addressing yourself to somebody.”

—Nadine Gordimer, The Paris Review, Summer 1983, No. 88

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Thu 22 Oct 2015

Insecurity is my life

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Random quote of the day:

“Only bad writers think that their work is really good.”

—Anne Enright, “Ten Rules for Writing Fiction,” The Guardian, 19 February 2010

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Mon 5 Oct 2015

Trust

Posted by PJ under quote of the day, trust, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“Never trust the artist. Trust the tale.”

—D. H. Lawrence, Studies in Classic American Literature

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Thu 13 Aug 2015

An unknown sea

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Random quote of the day:

“The writer is one who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do.”

—Donald Barthelme, “Not-Knowing”

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Tue 2 Jun 2015

I vice, therefore I am

Posted by PJ under death, obsession, quote of the day, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“Once writing has become your major vice and greatest pleasure only death can stop it.”

—Ernest Hemingway, Conversations with Ernest Hemingway, ed. Matthew J. Bruccoli

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Fri 24 Apr 2015

Weirdling

Posted by PJ under childhood, quote of the day, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“There are few things, apparently, more helpful to a writer than having once been a weird little kid.

—Katherine Paterson, Gates of Excellence

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Thu 2 Apr 2015

Distant star

Posted by PJ under communication, loneliness, quote of the day, writers, writing
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Random quote of the day:

“A writer out of loneliness is trying to communicate like a distant star sending signals.”

—John Steinbeck, interview, The Paris Review, No. 48, Fall 1969

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Thu 19 Feb 2015

Gimme whiskey

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Random quote of the day:

“The act of writing puts you in confrontation with yourself, which is why I think writers assiduously avoid writing. The number of alcoholic writers makes a lot of sense because if you’re going to be face to face with yourself, maybe it’s better that you don’t recognize that person.”

—Fran Lebowitz, quoted in “AT LUNCH WITH: Fran Lebowitz; Words Are Easy, Books Are Not,” by Bob Morris, New York Times, August 10, 1994

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