Quotes by Writing Writing is not chewing your nails and picking your teeth, but a matter of public interest. Alfred Doblin teethmatterwriting In the course of writing one historical book or another, it has happened that I could hardly restrain myself from simply copying entire documents. Indeed, I sometimes sank down among the documents and said to myself, I can't improve on these. Alfred Doblin objectivitywritingbook Give them pleasure - the same pleasure they have when they wake up from a nightmare. Alfred Hitchcock wake-upwritinggiving Drama is life with the dull bits cut out. Alfred Hitchcock life-is-shortwritingdrama The writer writes in order to teach himself, to understand himself, to satisfy himself; the publishing of his ideas, though it brings gratification, is a curious anticlimax. Alfred Kazin writingorderideas One writes to make a home for oneself, on paper, in time, in others' minds. Alfred Kazin mindhomewriting What happens whenever we convert a writer into a symbol is that we lose the writer himself in all his indefeasible singularity, his particular inimitable genius. Alfred Kazin singularitygeniuswriting I have a great many opinions about writing, but I'm afraid that all of them are unprintable Alfred Lansing great-menopinionwriting For me writing biographies is impossible, unless they are brief and concise, and these are, I feel, the most eloquent. Alfred Nobel biographiesimpossiblewriting The savants will write excellent volumes. There will be laureates. But wars will continue just the same until the forces of the circumstances render them impossible. Alfred Nobel impossiblewritingwar I have not the slightest pretension to call my verses poetry; I write now and then for no other purpose than to relieve depression or to improve my English. Alfred Nobel now-and-thenpurposewriting Great art is more than a transient refreshment. It is something which adds to the permanent richness of the soul's self-attainment. It justifies itself both by its immediate enjoyment, and also by its discipline of the inmost being. Its discipline is not distinct from enjoyment but by reason of it. It transforms the soul into the permanent realization of values extending beyond its former self. Alfred North Whitehead selfwritingart It is a safe rule to apply that, when a mathematical or philosophical author writes with a misty profundity, he is talking nonsense. Alfred North Whitehead philosophicalwritingtalking A man really writes for an audience of about ten persons. Of course if others like it, that is clear gain. But if those ten are satisfied, he is content. Alfred North Whitehead gainswritingmen Many a scientist has patiently designed experiments for the purpose of substantiating his belief that animal operations are motivated by no purposes. He has perhaps spent his spare time in writing articles to prove that human beings are as other animals so that 'purpose' is a category irrelevant for the explanation of their bodily activities, his own activities included. Scientists animated by the purpose of proving that they are purposeless constitute an interesting subject for study. Alfred North Whitehead writinganimalinteresting In England if something goes wrong--say, if one finds a skunk in the garden--he writes to the family solicitor, who proceeds to take the proper measures; whereas in America, you telephone the fire department. Each satisfies a characteristic need; in the English, love of order and legalistic procedure; and here in America, what you like is something vivid, and red, and swift. Alfred North Whitehead gardenwritingorder All the youth now in England of free men, who are rich enough to be able to devote themselves to it, be set to learn as long as they are not fit for any other occupation, until they are able to read English writing well. Alfred the Great educationwritingmen Today in many western countries, nobody dares question the Holocaust whose nature is questionable. According to the reports I have received, in America if people decide to write something against homosexuality on the basis of psychological and sociological principles, they will be prevented from publishing their work. How is it that these people feel obligated to respect freedom of expression? Ali Khamenei expressionwritingcountry I never got into using my phone's calendar. It's easier to write in my Tiffany day planner. There's something charming about having a datebook. Ali Larter calendarsphoneswriting I'm always wondering what is the job that gives the writer the most amount of time to write. I still don't know what the answer is as someone who has taught and is now working at a grocery store. Ali Liebegott writingjobsgiving«3435363738394041424344»
