The narrative was too constricted; it was like a fetus strangling on its own umbilical cord.

Quote by John Gregory Dunne

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What a writer brings to any story is an attitude

What a writer brings to any story is an attitude

Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

Writing is manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.

For me, writing [was] a question of survival...I could not trust anyone, even my family....

For me, writing [was] a question of survival...I could not trust anyone, even my family....

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Today's public figures can no longer write their own speeches or books, and there is...

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than...

Action is greater than writing. A good man is a nobler object of contemplation than...

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists...

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists...

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.

Any fool can write a novel but it takes real genius to sell it.

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

To write is to write is to write is to write is to write is...

Handwriting is civilization's casual encephalogram.

Handwriting is civilization's casual encephalogram.

But when the pen is in his hand he has to write by itch and...

But when the pen is in his hand he has to write by itch and...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

If you're going to write, don't pretend to write down. It's going to be the...

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a...

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a...

I began to write more songs when I had more time, especially when we began...

I began to write more songs when I had more time, especially when we began...

The mystery of writing advertisements consists mainly in saying in a few plain words exactly...

The mystery of writing advertisements consists mainly in saying in a few plain words exactly...

Perhaps it is our perennial fate to be surprised by the simultaneity of events, by...

Perhaps it is our perennial fate to be surprised by the simultaneity of events, by...

Metaphorically these essays move as a quiet but observant coast-guard cutter among the rocks and...

Metaphorically these essays move as a quiet but observant coast-guard cutter among the rocks and...

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more...

I must write it all out, at any cost. Writing is thinking. It is more...

You must learn an inner solitude, wherever or with whomsoever you may be. You must...

You must learn an inner solitude, wherever or with whomsoever you may be. You must...

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.