Diverting the internal traffic between the Writer as Angel of Light and the Writer as Hustler is that scribbling child in a grown-up body wondering if anybody is listening.

Quote by Herbert Gold

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Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands...

Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands...

Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands...

Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands...

He carried his childhood like a hurt warm bird held to his middle-aged breast.

He carried his childhood like a hurt warm bird held to his middle-aged breast.

Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands...

Literature boils with the madcap careers of writers brought to the edge by the demands...

Sometimes he advertises himself assiduously, writing a few words and then rushing to the talk...

Sometimes he advertises himself assiduously, writing a few words and then rushing to the talk...

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.

Writing is a dog's life, but the only life worth living.

Why am I compelled to write?... Because the world I create in the writing compensates...

Why am I compelled to write?... Because the world I create in the writing compensates...

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

The liberty of speaking and writing guards our other liberties.

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Talent alone cannot make a writer. There must be a man behind the book; a...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at...

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...

Most people are unable to write because they are unable to think, and they are...

Inspiration always arrives unannounced.

Inspiration always arrives unannounced.

Not write what you know, but know what you write. If you write about a...

Not write what you know, but know what you write. If you write about a...

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past...

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past...

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the...

To hear some men talk of the government, you would suppose that Congress was the...

I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when...

I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when...

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

I wish I could write as mysterious as a cat.

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

Asking a working writer what he thinks about critics is like asking a lamppost what...

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.

Any authentic work of art must start an argument between the artist and his audience.