Writer Quotes by Ken Kesey

8 Writer quotes by Ken Kesey

Kesey’s rebellious spirit shines through even in short bursts. These eight quotes capture his unapologetic take on what it means to be a writer.

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I felt like you can write forever, but you have a short time to raise a family. And I think a family…

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They did type me as a horror writer, but I have been able to do all sorts of things within that framework.

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Good writin' ain't necessarily good readin'.

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I've enjoyed being a famous writer-except that every once in a while you have to write something.

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The job of the writer is to kiss no ass, no matter how big and holy and white and tempting and powerful.

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Me and Norman Mailer have talked about how hard it is in America to get better. Especially at writing.

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“One of the dumbest things you were ever taught was to write what you know. Because what you know is usually dull.…

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“. . .sometimes reading the same page over and over, until one sleepy afternoon something clicked, like a lock unlocking, and she…

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The best of all possible cages.' Ben stepped back to regard the job with a sad smile. 'What more can one ask?

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Your trouble is, you keep trying to unscrew the unscrutable.

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That ain't me, that ain't my face. It wasn't even me when I was trying to be that face. I wasn't even really me…

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But if the strength ain't real, I recall thinking the very last thing that day, before I finally passed out, then the weakness sure…

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More was revealed in a human face than a human being can bear face to face.

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If this glorious birth to death hassle is the only hassle we are ever to have ..if our grand exhilarating fight of life is…

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“It's gonna burn me just that way, finally telling about all this, about the hospital, and her, and the guys- and about McMurphy. I…

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When Shakespeare was writing, he wasn't writing for stuff to lie on the page; it was supposed to get up and move around.

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“And then some guy wandering as lost as you would all of a sudden be right before your eyes, his face bigger and clearer…

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