Many writers who choose to be active in the world lose not virtue but time, and that stillness without which literature cannot be made.

Quote by Gore Vida

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Television is the literature of the illiterate, the culture of the low-brow, the wealth of...

Television is the literature of the illiterate, the culture of the low-brow, the wealth of...

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...

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

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

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

I've been aware of death since I was a little girl. My only regret willl...

I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something...

I never thought about being a writer as I grew up. A writer wasn't something...

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...

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

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

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

To read a writer is for me not merely to get an idea of what...

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power...

What one writer can make in the solitude of one room is something no power...

Writers really live in the mind and in hotels of the soul.

Writers really live in the mind and in hotels of the soul.

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.

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that...

Every reader finds himself. The writer's work is merely a kind of optical instrument that...

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...

The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.

The trouble with young writers is that they are all in their sixties.

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal...

About the most originality that any writer can hope to achieve honestly is to steal...

The man who ventures to write contemporary history must expect to be attacked both for...

The man who ventures to write contemporary history must expect to be attacked both for...

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most...

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most...

Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into...

Good writers define reality; bad ones merely restate it. A good writer turns fact into...

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can...

Most books, like their authors, are born to die; of only a few books can...