Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the most pernicious gift to the individuals who compose the talkers instead of the writers in society.

Quote by Marguerite Blessington

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Mountains appear more lofty, the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not...

Mountains appear more lofty, the nearer they are approached, but great men resemble them not...

Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the...

Imagination, which is the Eldorado of the poet and of the novel-writer, often proves the...

Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings...

Genius is the gold in the mine; talent is the miner who works and brings...

The free-lance writer is the person who is paid per piece or per word or...

The free-lance writer is the person who is paid per piece or per word or...

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're...

The great advantage of being a writer is that you can spy on people. You're...

Few things are more tempting to a writer than to repeat, admiringly, what he has...

Few things are more tempting to a writer than to repeat, admiringly, what he has...

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar...

The two most engaging powers of an author are to make new things familiar, familiar...

If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate: The 'Ode on...

If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate: The 'Ode on...

When a writer talks about his work, he's talking about a love affair.

When a writer talks about his work, he's talking about a love affair.

Before they're plumbers or writers or taxi drivers or unemployed or journalists, before everything else,...

Before they're plumbers or writers or taxi drivers or unemployed or journalists, before everything else,...

The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of...

The test of an author is not to be found merely in the number of...

The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature; only then can...

The writer must be universal in sympathy and an outcast by nature; only then can...

Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem...

Good writers are monotonous, like good composers. They keep trying to perfect the one problem...

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...

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

Writers are a little below clowns and a little above trained seals.

All men are lonely. But sometimes it seems to me that we Americans are the...

All men are lonely. But sometimes it seems to me that we Americans are the...

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time...

Writers are not just people who sit down and write. They hazard themselves. Every time...

Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to...

Writers write to influence their readers, their preachers, their auditors, but always, at bottom, to...

If there is a special Hell for writers it would be in the forced contemplation...

If there is a special Hell for writers it would be in the forced contemplation...

Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must...

Virginia Woolf said that writers must be androgynous. I'll go a step further. You must...