Work Quotes

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Mere literary talent is common; what is rare is endurance, the continuing desire to work hard at writing. — Donald Hall
[T]he visibility of styles is itself a product of historical consciousness. ... The very notion of "style" needs to be approached historically. Awareness of style… — Susan Sontag
Any work of art must first of all tell a story. — Robert Frost
You need not expect to get your book right the first time. Go to work and revamp or rewrite it. God only exhibits his thunder… — Mark Twain
If the book is good, is about something that you know, and is truly written, and reading it over you see that this is so,… — Ernest Hemingway
You'd better discover a more important motive than publication for your work or else you'll go crazy. My sense is that you'll be writers only… — Unknown Author
I believe the teacher's work is largely negative, that it is largely a matter of saying, "This doesn't work because ..." or "This does work… — Flannery O'Connor
I have a feeling that art is something you do for yourself, and that any time you turn your decisions over to someone else you're… — William Stafford
There must be a balance of honesty and charity in the workshop. Everyone must be aware of a fellow human being behind the work being… — Hilma Wolitzer
Being a real writer means being able to do the work on a bad day. — Norman Mailer
You must squeeze out of yourself every sensation, every thought, every image, - mercilessly, without reserve and without remorse: you must search the darkest corners… — Joseph Conrad
The time to work is shorter all the time and if you waste it you ... have committed a sin for which there is no… — Ernest Hemingway
He insisted on a single trade secret: that you had to survive, find some quiet, and work hard every day. — Jay McInerney
The only certainty about writing and trying to be a writer is that it has to be done, not dreamed of or planned and never… — Janet Frame
You are right in demanding that an artist approach his work consciously, but you are confusing two concepts: the solution of a problem and the… — Anton Chekhov
Get up very early and get going at once. In fact, work first and wash afterwards. — Wystan Hugh Auden
The real payoff is the writing itself, that a day when you have gotten your work done is a good day, that total dedication is… — Anne Lamott
The best job that was ever offered to me was to become a landlord in a brothel. In my opinion it's the perfect milieu for… — William Faulkner
I get very tense working, so I often have to get up and wander around the house. It is very bad on my stomach. I… — William H. Gass
What obsesses a writer starting out on a lifetime's work is the panic-stricken search for a voice of his own. — John Mortimer
Of course Nebraska is a storehouse of literary material. Everywhere is a storehouse of literary material. If a true artist were born in a pigpen… — Willa Cather
The average man doesn't wish to be told that it is a bull or a bear market. What he desires is to be told specifically… — Jesse Lauriston Livermore
I work as my father drank. — George Bernard Shaw
One of the ingredients that made Cheers work so well was the great ensemble of actors we had. That's the case with any good series... — Ted Danson
We talk a lot on 'Biggest Loser' about how fitness is a natural antidepressant, how it burns off stress. What I like about running is… — Alison Sweeney

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