Gabriel Garcia Marquez Quotes
As a writer I'm merely a journalist who has learned to write better than others.
Quotes to Explore
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I would never write a memoir, because it would be too boring.
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I am not an autobiographical writer.
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I just realized quite early on that I'm not going to be the type who can write a novel every two years. I think you need to feel an urgency about the act. Otherwise, when you read it, you feel no urgency, either. So I don't write unless I really feel I need to, and that's a luxury.
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When I write a movie, I write it for me.
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I like to have interesting things to write about. And when one says something is 'interesting,' one almost always means 'bad.'
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I started modelling when I was 13, so I learned a lot of things. I actually love doing make-up on other people, too.
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It takes some courage to write fiction about politically controversial topics. The dread is you'll be labeled a political writer.
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I understand the desire to write and read about the death of publishing. It's a perversely and universally appealing topic.
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I've basically worked as a journalist and a writer.
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I don't write the books. God writes the books and delivers the speeches.
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Every story I create, creates me. I write to create myself.
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I always knew I wanted to be a writer. I just wasn't sure what I wanted to do as a money-making job.
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I write romance because I love to read romance.
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I just write mechanical things.
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If a writer doesn't generate hostility, he is dead.
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My grandmother died in childbirth, and my great-aunt lived with us. She had bound feet. She never knew how to read or write.
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I was just as voracious a writer as I was a reader.
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Every writer uses his own way to motivate oneself.
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I either write the book or sell the jewels. And I'm kinda sentimental about the jewels.
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I learned from James Baldwin that one can be a novelist, essayist, and activist, combined. That being critical of one's country is a way of loving it. That travel is crucial for perspective. That faith needn't be confined to organized religion.
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If a man does not make new acquaintances as he advances through life, he will soon find himself left alone. A man, sir, should keep his friendship in a constant repair.
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Some people become passionate readers and fans of science fiction during childhood or adolescence. I picked up on SF somewhat later than that; my escape reading of choice during my youth was historical novels, and one of my favorite writers was Mary Renault.
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Our world is at the crossroads. We have a choice, right and wrong.
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As a writer I'm merely a journalist who has learned to write better than others.
