Gerald Brenan Quotes
It is by sitting down to write every morning that he becomes a writer. Those who do not do this remain amateurs.
Quotes to Explore
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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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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 was always falling in love at a very young age - kindergarten is when I can remember. There was always a crush. And when I was in sixth grade, I started picking up guitar, so I started wanting to write about it and sing about it.
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I opened up every can of worms I could. I got to the place where I would peel back one layer, and then another layer, and the stuff that would come up underneath was so inspiring, it made me want to write about it.
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I write to escape; to escape poverty.
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I don't think of myself as Scottish or lesbian when I sit down and write. I am glad I have broken out of that limited audience.
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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've never experienced writer's block. When it's going really well, my body temperature goes up, and I'm flushed. I get quite delirious.
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There are three things that make a person a writer: inspiration, perspiration and desperation.
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If you are a good writer - and I think I am - you are able to handle any kind of group and imagine their lives.
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Many who resort to crime ultimately can't read or write.
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I am the kind of writer that people think other people are reading.
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I am not scared of anyone. I will write and publish my books.
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At least I can write.
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I had a little epiphany when I was a writer at 'Chicago' magazine. I sat down to dinner at the Ritz-Carlton. Somebody poured a white dessert wine with chocolate cake. It was a wine I would never have expected to make sense. The idea of any wine tasting fabulous with chocolate cake was fascinating to me.
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I always knew I wanted to be a writer.
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The idea is to write it so that people hear it and it slides through the brain and goes straight to the heart.
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In Braille you write your flat sign first and then your note.
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Houses mean a creation, something new, a shelter freed from the idea of a cave.
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What offends me the most when I hear criticisms about this so-called Africa bias is how quick we are to focus on the words and propaganda of a few powerful, influential individuals, and to forget about the millions of anonymous people who suffer from their crimes.
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I haven't thought about getting into production. I'm interested in the creative aspect of storytelling.
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It is by sitting down to write every morning that he becomes a writer. Those who do not do this remain amateurs.
