Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none.

Quote by Jules Renard

Topics: Literature Quotes, Talent Quotes, Writers Quotes, Writing Quotes

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not...

The reward of great men is that, long after they have died, one is not...

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

Failure is not our only punishment for laziness; there is also the success of others.

Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart.

Socialism must come down from the brain and reach the heart.

Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three...

Talent is a matter of quantity. Talent does not write on page, it writes three...

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

On earth there is no heaven, but there are pieces of it.

We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.

We spend our lives talking about this mystery. Our life.

The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the...

The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the...

The bourgeois are other people.

The bourgeois are other people.

There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees...

There are places and moments in which one is so completely alone that one sees...

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

Love is like an hourglass, with the heart filling up as the brain empties

Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too...

Words are the coins making up the currency of sentences, and there are always too...

I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if...

I don't know if God exists, but it would be better for His reputation if...

Fame is a constant effort

Fame is a constant effort

If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.

If you are afraid of being lonely, don't try to be right.

We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their...

We are so happy to advise others that occasionally we even do it in their...

As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to live it more...

As I grow to understand life less and less, I learn to live it more...

A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.

A cold in the head causes less suffering than an idea.

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no...

Writing is the only profession where no one considers you ridiculous if you earn no...

Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he...

Notwithstanding, if he continue a day or two, he shall not be punished: for he...

Money is economic power.

Money is economic power.