Nick Flynn Quotes
Read as much as you can. Write only when you feel the inner need to do so. And don’t ever rush into print.
Quotes to Explore
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In times of need, God can come to you in a myriad of disguises.
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In my case, I write in the past because I'm not really part of the present. I have nothing valid to say about anything current, though I have something to say about what existed then.
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If you love something - and there are things that I love - you do want more and more and more of it, but that's not the way to produce good work. So as an author, I need to write what I need to write.
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Businesses can't afford to react to what their customers want; they need to anticipate their needs.
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I get tired of stories that keep going and going and never get anywhere. It's like a promise that's never fulfilled. Stories need endings. Otherwise, they aren't really stories. Just pages.
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I write songs that are like diary entries. I have to do it in order to feel sane.
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'The One-Eyed Man' is a novel that was one I never intended to write.
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If I write something, and I'm going to put in all that love and energy, I want to direct it.
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I don't write constantly; it's two serials and a novel a year.
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Why do I write books? Why do I think? Why should I be passionate? Because things could be different, they could be made better.
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I write in the studio.
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That's why I love crime novels so much: When I write a crime novel, the conflict is built in.
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We are living our lives more online and you need to have different ways to capture that.
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Sooner or later, I need to begin to do what any candidate does in a presidential race; I need to begin to win.
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I love South American food, and I haven't really been down there. I really need a vacation.
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You write about what you know.
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I write my songs many times to chord progressions on a piano. Unfortunately, I can't keep playing the piano, so I just record it into the software.
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We need to restore the confidence in the country, first of all.
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Unlike my opponent, I will not let oil companies write this country's energy plan, or endanger our coastlines, or collect another $4 billion in corporate welfare from our taxpayers.
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When North Koreans cross the border into China, they are stunned to learn that the Chinese can afford to eat rice daily, sometimes for three meals daily.
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I can't focus when there's too many things around. Whenever I used to go to the office, I used to always say, 'Tidy up.'
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You find that you can have the best business in the most exciting industry, but if the execution, if the torch-holder, if the value-creator isn't there, then we don't make it happen.
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Since St. Augustine announced that Eve - and, hence, collective woman - was responsible for original sin, rabid sexism has been a major pillar of patriarchal religious tradition.
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Read as much as you can. Write only when you feel the inner need to do so. And don’t ever rush into print.
