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title: "1 Little Write Quotes By David Markson"
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> [“People who write novels only write them when they have very little else to write”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-markson/people-who-write-novels-only-write-them-when-they-have-very-little/)

[David Markson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-markson/)

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## More by David Markson

> [“Si es arte no es para todos, y si es para todos no es arte.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-markson/si-es-arte-no-es-para-todos-y-si-es-para-todos-no-es-arte/)

[David Markson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-markson/)

> [“One can very agreeably ignore a rain by walking in it. In fact it is when one allows a rain to prevent one from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-markson/one-can-very-agreeably-ignore-a-rain-by-walking-in-it-in-fact-it-is/)

[David Markson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-markson/)

> [“On the other hand it is probably safe to assume that Rembrandt and Spinoza surely would have at least passed on the street, now…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-markson/on-the-other-hand-it-is-probably-safe-to-assume-that-rembrandt-and/)

[David Markson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-markson/)

> [Doubtless these are inconsequential perplexities. Still, inconsequential perplexities have now and again been known to become the fundamental mood of existence, one suspects.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-markson/doubtless-these-are-inconsequential-perplexities-still/)

[David Markson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-markson/)

> [“Have I ever said that Turner once actually had himself lashed to the mast of a ship, to be able to later do a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-markson/have-i-ever-said-that-turner-once-actually-had-himself-lashed-to-the/)

[David Markson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-markson/)

> [“A simple creature unlettyrde. Julian of Norwich called herself. The most unlearned and uninformed female who ever dared to be an authoress. Echoed Jane…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-markson/a-simple-creature-unlettyrde-julian-of-norwich-called-herself-the/)

[David Markson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-markson/)

> [In fact one frequently seemed to gather all sorts of similar information about subjects one had less than profound interest in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-markson/in-fact-one-frequently-seemed-to-gather-all-sorts-of-similar/)

[David Markson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-markson/)

> [“Every single one of the letters having been identical.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-markson/every-single-one-of-the-letters-having-been-identical/)

[David Markson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-markson/)

> [“Very possibly this was what was in Wittgenstein's own mind all of those years later, in face, when he said that you do no…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-markson/very-possibly-this-was-what-was-in-wittgenstein-s-own-mind-all-of/)

[David Markson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-markson/)

> [“In the beginning, sometimes I left messages in the street.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-markson/in-the-beginning-sometimes-i-left-messages-in-the-street/)

[David Markson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-markson/)

> [“Mahatma Gandhi: No veo virtud en estar desinformado.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-markson/mahatma-gandhi-no-veo-virtud-en-estar-desinformado/)

[David Markson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-markson/)

> [“Demasiadas notas, mi querido Mozart.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-markson/demasiadas-notas-mi-querido-mozart/)

[David Markson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-markson/)

> [“Helen ran off with a lover only once in her life herself, and for three thousand years nobody would ever let her forget about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-markson/helen-ran-off-with-a-lover-only-once-in-her-life-herself-and-for/)

[David Markson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-markson/)

> [Is T.S. Eliot the only poet one can think of who could have spent a year on his own in Paris at twenty-three—and managed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-markson/is-t-s-eliot-the-only-poet-one-can-think-of-who-could-have-spent-a/)

[David Markson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-markson/)

> [“Coincidences undeniably imply meaning. I am rereading Hart Crane. I notice the date On which he stepped off that boat Was April 26. Tomorrow…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-markson/coincidences-undeniably-imply-meaning-i-am-rereading-hart-crane-i/)

[David Markson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-markson/)

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