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Writer Quotes by Gore Vidal
- Ideally, the writer needs no audience other than the few who understand that it is immodest and greedy to want more.
- That famous writer’s block is a myth as far as I’m concerned. I think bad writers must have a great difficulty writing. They don’t want…
- The real writer learns nothing from life. He is more like an oyster or a sponge.
- Baum (Writer of THE WONDERFUL WIZARD OF OZ) was a true educator, and those who read his Oz books are often made what they were…
- In America, the race goes to the loud, the solemn, the hustler. If you think you're a great writer, you must say that you are.
- Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head.
- a writer must always tell the truth (unless he's a journalist)
- I wanted to be a politician and a movie star. But I was born a writer. If you're born that, you can't change it. You're…
- Constant work, constant writing and constant revision. The real writer learns nothing from life. He is more like an oyster or a sponge. What he…
- Each writer is born with a repertory company in his head. Shakespeare has perhaps 20 players. ... I have 10 or so, and thats a…
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