"You don't write a novel out of sheer pity any more than you blow a safe out of a vague longing to be rich. A certain ruthlessness and a sense of alienation from society is as essential to creative writing as it is to armed robbery."

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Source : "Nonconformity: Writing on Writing". Book by Nelson Algren, 1996.

Nelson Algren

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“I'm interested in the Gothic novel because it's very much a woman's form. Why is there such a wide readership for books that essentially say, 'Your husband is trying to kill you'?”
“What counts is art. painting, a kind of painting that is quite different from what everyone makes it out to be. But what kind? Will God or someone else give me the strength to breathe the breath of prayer and mourning into my paintings, the breath of prayer for redemption and resurrection?”
“Never bring the problem solving stage into the decision making stage. Otherwise, you surrender yourself to the problem rather than the solution.”
“Friendship, love, and piety ought to be handled with a sort of mysterious secrecy; they ought to be spoken of only in the rare moments of perfect confidence, to be mutually understood in silence. Many things are too delicate to be thought; many more, to be spoken.”
“I came up with new leads for game stories by being observant and clever, by using the many gifts of the English language to intrigue and hook a reader.”
“The soldiers' last meal is generally served out about five o'clock in the afternoon, sometimes earlier; and a stretch of fourteen hours intervenes between then and breakfast.”

Source : MacGill, Patrick (2017). “The Amateur Army”, p.12, Read Books Ltd
“Writing comedy is the greatest spiritual gift you can give to anybody anytime.”
“A prayerless person is a disaster waiting to happen.”

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