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...

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...

It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.

It is rarely that you see an American writer who is not hopelessly sane.

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...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine...

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...

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent.

As writers become more numerous, it is natural for readers to become more indolent.

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its...

Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its...

To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one...

To love is to suffer. To avoid suffering, one must not love. But then, one...

People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I...

People want to know why I do this, why I write such gross stuff. I...

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...

The writers against religion, while they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set...

The writers against religion, while they oppose every system, are wisely careful never to set...

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

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

The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to...

The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to...

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...

We're about to shoot an episode on Air Force One, for instance, and we're going...

We're about to shoot an episode on Air Force One, for instance, and we're going...

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always...

As a male writer, women are always what men pursue, and their world is always...

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange...

The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange...

While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance, and...

While an author is yet living we estimate his powers by his worst performance, and...