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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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...

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...

Years ago I used to think it was possible for a novelist to alter the...

Years ago I used to think it was possible for a novelist to alter the...

Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There...

Our writers are full of cliches just as old barns are full of bats. There...

Writers will happen in the best of families.

Writers will happen in the best of families.

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

Writers should be read but not seen. Rarely are they a winsome sight.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money.

When you're a writer you no longer see things with the freshness of the normal...

When you're a writer you no longer see things with the freshness of the normal...

Politicians employ speech writers as ventriloquists.

Politicians employ speech writers as ventriloquists.

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

Whores and writers, Mahound. We are the people you can't forgive.

Whores and writers, Mahound. We are the people you can't forgive.

What no wife of a writer understands is that a writer is working when he's...

What no wife of a writer understands is that a writer is working when he's...

One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it...

One reason the human race has such a low opinion of itself is that it...

I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on...

I never know what I think about something until I read what I've written on...

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....

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

I'm kind of hooked to the game of art and literature; my heroes are artists...

I'm kind of hooked to the game of art and literature; my heroes are artists...

For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.

For comic writers charge Socrates with making the worse appear the better reason.

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...