Iris Murdoch Quotes
Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.
Quotes to Explore
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I have never believed in the impossible.
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Love can never be fully explained.
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Feeling comfortable in my own skin has never been easy for me.
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I never do anything out of my comfort zone.
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I taught English and history, so my education for that really helped prepare me for writing historical fiction.
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I read my books to writing workshops and friends, and I'm often focussed just on keeping them entertained. I never think about marketing at all.
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I like the performing. And interviews, even. And the stuff that's not sitting in a room by yourself with empty paper. But I never loved writing, to tell you the truth.
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I started submitting stories for publication when I was about 15, but it was many years before I sold anything. I don't make my living writing science fiction, so in that sense, I'm still not a pro.
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It feels a little bit odd to me that you have some guys that have never lived in the United States that play for the United States because they were able to secure a passport. To me, that just feels like they weren't able to make it for their country and earn a living, so they're coming here.
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Writing books is a nice retreat. There's nothing quite like diving into a book for a few hours. That is a big time vacation.
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I never was a popular kid in class.
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I love writing songs.
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Normally, most writers don't say, 'I'm going into a mild hypnotic trance.' Typically, they don't know how they do it. Most people, when they have a good experience writing, they're well placed in that state, which is also sometimes called a 'flow state.' If you don't have trouble, you don't have to think about it.
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You just don't luck into things as much as you'd like to think you do. You build step by step, whether it's friendships or opportunities.
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I could never take orders from anyone.
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Money is a bubble that never pops. It's a consensus hallucination.
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My whole outlook on life is, never judge a book by its cover.
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I was always more interested in my books and my writing than going out. It's OK to say I'm a nerd. That's me.
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Every famous writer was once an unknown writer. If publishers never published new writers, they wouldn't be publishing anyone at all after a while.
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Well, for us, it's always better not to have too many expectations and to just go with the flow because then it's always a big plus no matter what happens.
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There is a reductive nature to the Internet, and it's not limited to comic book news sites and stuff: it's everybody. There is a reductive nature of it, by which anything that's said very quickly gets reduced down to the next. Reduced, reduced, reduced to the point where rumors with some sense of nuance to them just become fact.
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My mother would have enjoyed the idea that her name was being used to build bridges. She cared a great deal and was very thoughtful and passionate about education and young women.
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There seems to be no limit to the exciting possibilities that come from combining technical innovations, the Internet, and social media.
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Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.
