"... in nine out of ten cases the original wish to write is the wish to make oneself felt[ellipsis in source] the non-essential writer never gets past that wish."

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Elizabeth Bowen

#Writing Quotes #Past Quotes #Wish Quotes

“I'm not good at talking about myself.”
“In a moment comes either death or joyful victory. [Lat., Horae Momento cita mors venit aut victoria laeta.]”
“You only have to talk to artists to see that they work according to rules, and that they know all too well that they can employ only certain means to achieve the ends they want.”

Source : "Diotima’s child". Interview with Richard Marshall, www.3ammagazine.com. September 21, 2012.
“I'm heartened by the growing awareness of global warming among important communities and organizations in our nation.”
“Size alone is not a key to success, as we have seen recently.”
“It's the form it takes when it comes out the other side, of course, that gives a story something unique--its life. The story, in the way it has arrived at what it is on the page, has been something learned, by dint of the story's challenge and the work that rises to meet it--a process as uncharted for the writer as if it had never been attempted before.”
“This is what you must be like. Grow wherever life puts you down.”
“I have many favorite artists...Van Gough as one, but he didn't really sing a lot!”

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