Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.

Quote by Iris Murdoch

Topics: Luck Quotes, Writing Quotes

No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and...

No love is entirely without worth, even when the frivolous calls to the frivolous and...

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

Being good is just a matter of temperament in the end.

Moralistic is not moral. And as for truth - well, it's like brown - it's...

Moralistic is not moral. And as for truth - well, it's like brown - it's...

Anything that consoles is fake.

Anything that consoles is fake.

Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

Only lies and evil come from letting people off.

Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.

Love is the difficult realization that something other than oneself is real.

I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice,...

I think being a woman is like being Irish. Everyone says you're important and nice,...

We can only learn to love by loving.

We can only learn to love by loving.

The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to...

The absolute yearning of one human body for another particular body and its indifference to...

Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.

Perhaps misguided moral passion is better than confused indifference.

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

Falling out of love is chiefly a matter of forgetting how charming someone is.

The cry of equality pulls everyone down.

The cry of equality pulls everyone down.

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

Between saying and doing, many a pair of shoes is worn out.

In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.

In philosophy if you aren't moving at a snail's pace you aren't moving at all.

Jealousy comes from self-love rather than from true love.

Jealousy comes from self-love rather than from true love.

But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.

But fantasy kills imagination, pornography is death to art.

The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go...

The priesthood is a marriage. People often start by falling in love, and they go...

Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.

Human affairs are not serious, but they have to be taken seriously.

Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!

Philosophy! Empty thinking by ignorant conceited men who think they can digest without eating!

Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than...

Art is the final cunning of the human soul which would rather do anything than...