„Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time you compose a book your composition of yourself is at stake.“
Доктороу, Эдгар Лоуренс
1931 - 2015Похожие цитаты
„Get books, sit yourself down anywhere, and go to reading them yourself.“
— Abraham Lincoln 16th President of the United States 1809 - 1865
„Writing letters with me is not a thing that can be done at odd scraps of time. I must sit down, compose myself & collect all of my thoughts.“
— Charles Robert Leslie British painter (1794-1859) 1794 - 1859
Autobiographical Recollections of C. R. Leslie with Selections from his correspondence Ed. Tom Taylor , Ticknor & Fields, Boston 1860
„The really great writers are people like Emily Brontë who sit in a room and write out of their limited experience and unlimited imagination.“
— James A. Michener American author 1907 - 1997
As quoted in "The Michener Phenomenon" by Caryn James in The New York Times (8 September 1985)
„I think he writes the truth. Because life is like that most of the time in some shape or form, whether it’s illness or the end of the world. Cormac’s a writer’s writer. You read his writing and think, I can do that, and then you sit down and try. And you try, dude.“
— Ridley Scott English film director and film producer 1937
New York Times interview (2013), On the relentlessly brutal tone of the works of screenwriter Cormac McCarthy
„Make sure that you are next year's big success story. Don't fall into the pit of people who have given up on making something of themselves, and make sure you make everything out of yourself. I'm getting too old for this. And when I retire someday, I'm going to want to sit down at a computer and play your games, read your stories, and watch your videos. Don't fall in with the people who have already given up on themselves. You are tomorrow's next big thing.“
— Scott Cawthon American independent video game designer 1979
„When people come to me saying they want to kill themselves, I tell them, "What's your rush? You can kill yourself any time you like. So calm down. Suicide is a positive act."“
— Emil M. Cioran, The Trouble With Being Born, The Trouble with Being Born
The Trouble With Being Born (1973), And they do calm down.
„Substitute 'damn' every time you're inclined to write 'very;' your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be.“
— Mark Twain American author and humorist 1835 - 1910
„This is a book by a writer who does some teaching, not a book by a teacher who does some writing, and one of the satisfactions of the craft is that there's always something new to learn.“
— William Zinsser writer, editor, journalist, literary critic, professor 1922 - 2015
On Writing Well (Fifth Edition, orig. pub. 1976), Introduction, p. viii.
„One should never write down or up to people, but out of yourself.“
— Christopher Isherwood English novelist 1904 - 1986
„I want to write music. I want to sit down right now at the piano, and write a song that people will listen to and remember. And do the same thing every morning for the rest of my life.“
— Jonathan Larson American composer and playwright 1960 - 1996
tick, tick... BOOM! (1990)
„The greatest part of a writer's time is spent in reading, in order to write: a man will turn over half a library to make one book.“
— Samuel Johnson, The Life of Samuel Johnson LL.D. Vol 2
Vol II, April 6, 1775
