Work Quotes

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The deepest quality of a work of art will always be the quality of the mind of the producer...No good novel will ever proceed from… — Henry James
When I stepped from hard manual work to writing, I just stepped from one kind of hard work to another. — Sean O'Casey
As for the blood and the head business, the blood and the head work together and what is not first in the blood can sometimes… — Flannery O'Connor
[A writer] must try to think clearly, to feel deeply, to write honestly. If he is fortunate he will make a living, but his work… — Lawrence Clark Powell
I don't write easily or rapidly. My first draft usually has only a few elements worth keeping. I have to find what those are and… — Susan Sontag
A writer judging his own work is like deceived husband - he is frequently the last person to appreciate the true state of affairs. — John D. Voelker
To imagine yourself inside another person...is what a story writer does in every piece of work; it is his first step, and his last too,… — Eudora Welty
I try to work every day because you have no refuge but writing. When you're going through a period of unhappiness, a broken love affair,… — Tennessee Williams
The better work men do is always done under stress and at great personal cost. — William Carlos Williams
All writing, all art, is an act of faith. If one tries to contribute to human understanding, how can that be called decadent? It's like… — Truman Capote
If I were to offer any advice to young writers, it would be this: be discriminating and be discerning about the work you set for… — Barry Lopez
My work is writing, but my real work is being. — William Saroyan
Writing is hard work. A clear sentence is no accident. Very few sentences come out right the first time, or even the third time. Remember… — William Zinsser
Don't get discouraged because there's a lot of mechanical work to writing. I rewrote the first part of Farewell to Arms at least fifty times. — Ernest Hemingway
Wearing down seven number two pencils is a good day's work. — Ernest Hemingway
Writers kid themselves-about themselves and other people. Take the talk about writing methods. Writing is just work-there's no secret. If you dictate or use a… — Sinclair Lewis
Have some sort of a private place to work in. Put up a sign to keep from being interrupted. Mine says: "Please, do not knock,… — Judith Krantz
It's my experience that very few writers, young or old, are really seeking advice when they give out their work to be read. They want… — John Irving
A novel is a piece of architecture. It's not random wallowings or confessional diaries. It's a building-it has to have walls and floors and the… — John Irving
Clearly the work of a master teacher who has deep knowledge of his subject and enormous empathy for his students and his readers. — Betty Edwards
When you retire, it's a place in life, a part of the journey. You just don't quit work; you develop an attitude where you can… — Tom T. Hall
It sometimes seems that we live as if we wonder when life is going to begin. It isn't always clear just what we are waiting… — Richard L. Evans
I think you have to work with people, and when I talk about managing relationships, don't think the derogatory ''managed relationships''. It is a question… — Anil Ambani
For me it remains an open question whether [this work] pertains to the realm of mathematics or to that of art. — M.C. Escher
Make your mistakes work for you by learning from them. — Donald Trump

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