Nelson Algren Quotes
To literary critics a book is assumed to be guilty until it proves itself innocent.
Nelson Algren
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Eccentricity is not, as dull people would have us believe, a form of madness. It is often a kind of innocent pride, and the man of genius and the aristocrat are frequently regarded as eccentrics because genius and aristocrat are entirely unafraid of and uninfluenced by the opinions and vagaries of the crowd.
Edith Sitwell
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We don't have the user centricity. Until we understand context, which is way beyond presence - presence is the most trivial notion, just am I on this device or not; it doesn't say am I meeting with something, am I focused on writing something.
Bill Gates
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Other people are talking about writing books about my life, or about some of the things I've done. I find it strange, but I also feel it's my life and my story, and I guess I better be the one to get it on paper the way it actually happened.
Chris Kyle
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I'm writing constantly about all my crazy experiences across the world, so I have a lot of music I've already written.
Kesha
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I start writing songs first as an entertainer, and I like funny stories that wrap up with dignity.
Jens Lekman
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Many actors in films are willing to go to Broadway, and screenwriters are writing plays. It's almost commonplace.
Marc Platt
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What I do say is that I can write verse, and that the writing of verse in strict form is the best possible training for writing good prose.
Philip Pullman
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My feeling is that I don't really care about the genre or the size of the movie. I care about the quality of the writing and the quality of the characters.
Alden Ehrenreich
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Self-disciplin e is necessary, but so is playfulness, flexibility, joy. When you stop demanding perfection of yourself, your writing desk will become a spacious place.
Karen Russell
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This album is moments that I haven't done before, like just my voice and drums. What people call a rant - but put it next to just a drumbeat, and it cuts to the level of, like, Run-D.M.C. or KRS-One.
Kanye West
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Moms being moms, they're very supportive, and they're always talking very highly of you.
Charlotte Dujardin
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To literary critics a book is assumed to be guilty until it proves itself innocent.
Nelson Algren