Quotes by Writing Writing is my refuge. It's where I go. It's where I find that integrity I have. Charles Bartlett Johnson refugewritingintegrity My writing is a lens into the possibilities of the American experience. Charles Bartlett Johnson lensespossibilitywriting Always be a poet, even in prose. Charles Baudelaire poetryliteraturewriting Poetry has no goal other than itself; it can have no other, and no poem will be so great, so noble, so truly worthy of the name of poem, than one written uniquely for the pleasure of writing a poem. Charles Baudelaire goalnameswriting For each letter received from a creditor, write fifty lines on an extraterrestrial subject and you will be saved. Charles Baudelaire literaturefiftywriting On the day when a young writer corrects his first proof-sheet he is as proud as a schoolboy who has just got his first dose of pox. Charles Baudelaire poxproudwriting If you want to see the consequences of ideas, write a story. If you want to see the consequences of belief, write a story in which somebody is acting on the ideas or beliefs that she has. Charles Baxter actingwritingideas Say what you want about it, Hell is story-friendly... The mechanisms of hell are nicely attuned to the mechanisms of narrative. Not so the pleasures of Paradise. Paradise is not a story. It's about what happens when the stories are over. Charles Baxter wantwritingfriendly A novel is not a summary of its plot but a collection of instances, of luminous specific details that take us in the direction of the unsaid and unseen. Charles Baxter unseendetailswriting When all the details fit in perfectly, something is probably wrong with the story. Charles Baxter detailsdestinywriting When I'm writing, I'm waiting to see somebody, and I'm waiting to hear them. It's almost like conjuring spirits out of the air, using your own imaginative instability. Charles Baxter airwaitingwriting I feel quite at home writing short stories but nervous and anxious when writing novels, as if the bad time of consecutive failures might arise again. Charles Baxter storieshomewriting All the fantasy writers I know have a way of dwelling on their own fears and phobias. A writer spends his life being his own psychiatrist. Charles Beaumont dwellingwritingway Simplicity is always the secret, to a profound truth, to doing things, to writing, to painting. Life is profound in its simplicity Charles Bukowski simplicitywritingprofound There's nothing to stop a man from writing unless that man stops himself. If a man truly desires to write, then he will. Rejection and ridicule will only strengthen him. And the longer he is held back the stronger he will become, like a mass of rising water against a dam. There is no losing in writing, it will make your toes laugh as you sleep, it will make you stride like a tiger, it will fire the eye and put you face to face with death. You will die a fighter, you will be honored in hell. The luck of the word. Go with it, send it. Charles Bukowski eyesleepwriting Writing is like going to bed with a beautiful woman and afterwards she gets up, goes to her purse and gives me a handful of money. Charles Bukowski writingbeautifulgiving Somebody at one of these places asked me: "What do you do? How do you write, create?" You don't, I told them. You "don't try". That's very important: not to try, either for Cadillacs, creation or immortality. You wait, and if nothing happens, you wait some more. It's like a bug high on the wall. You wait for it to come to you. When it gets close enough you reach out, slap out and kill it. Or if you like it's looks, you make a pet out of it. Charles Bukowski wallwaitingwriting some moments are nice, some are nicer, some are even worth writing about. Charles Bukowski nicemomentswriting I never write in the daytime. It's like running through the shopping mall with your clothes off. Everybody can see you. At night ... that's when you pull the tricks ... magic. Charles Bukowski writingrunningnight Bad poetry is caused by people who sit down and think, Now I am going to write a Poem. Charles Bukowski writingpeoplethinking«212213214215216217218219220221222»
