Editorial writers enter after battle and shoot the wounded.

Quote by Neil E Goldschmidt

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The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue....

The career of a writer is comparable to that of a woman of easy virtue....

You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down...

You become a good writer just as you become a good joiner: by planing down...

Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is...

Everywhere I go I'm asked if I think the university stifles writers. My opinion is...

About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be...

About the beginning of the seventeenth century appeared a race of writers that may be...

I have learned to respect ideas, wherever they come from. Often they come from clients....

I have learned to respect ideas, wherever they come from. Often they come from clients....

To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one...

To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one...

All those writers who write about their childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine...

All those writers who write about their childhood! Gentle God, if I wrote about mine...

The received image of a writer is that of an unproductive sensitive who suffers from...

The received image of a writer is that of an unproductive sensitive who suffers from...

Actors yearn for the perfect director, athletes for the perfect coach, priests for the perfect...

Actors yearn for the perfect director, athletes for the perfect coach, priests for the perfect...

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That...

For a country to have a great writer is like having a second government. That...

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange...

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange...

A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader...

A writer is, after all, only half his book. The other half is the reader...

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

After the writer's death, reading his journal is like receiving a long letter.

Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat watching is a near-perfect method of writing...

Cats are dangerous companions for writers because cat watching is a near-perfect method of writing...

Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grinders.

Writers, like teeth, are divided into incisors and grinders.

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its...

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its...

I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what...

I alone of English writers have consciously set myself to make music out of what...

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always...

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always...