Inspirational Quote by Ciaran Carson Download Open image “There's a whole language out there, and one's role as a writer is to stumble around in it.” — Ciaran Carson ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.4 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Inspirational Language Love Roles Whole Writing
A writer is a tool of the language rather than the other way around. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
Language is the writer's only tool - we really don't have anything else - but our language contains within it our entire experience of… — Alice McDermott Copy Share Image
A writer can have only one language, if language is going to mean anything to him. — Philip Larkin Copy Share Image
I find it hugely exciting to be dealing with another writer's language. — Johnny Flynn Copy Share Image
… the truest writers are those who see language not as a linguistic process but as a living element… — Derek Walcott Copy Share Image
Language leads a double life - and so does the novelist. You chat with family and friends, you attend to your correspondence, you consult… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
I'm not a writer. I know a lot of writers; I know a handful of really excellent, great ones, and I know what they're… — David Small Copy Share Image
“Every writer dreams of a perfect language. Every writer dreams of a language that obeys, that comes to heel. For some this language is… — Helen Marshall Copy Share Image
A writer should care about one thing - the language. To write well - that is his duty. That is his only duty. — Joseph Brodsky Copy Share Image
How do you say a thing at all, at the end of the day? How do you say what’s in your mind? And as… — Ciaran Carson Copy Share Image
“There are three points about stories: if told, they like to be heard; if heard, they like to be taken in; and if taken… — Ciarán Carson Copy Share Image
“The hero's light sprang from his forehead, long and thick as a warrior's whetstone, long as a prow, and he clattered with rage as… — Ciarán Carson Copy Share Image
Where am I coming from? Where am I going? A fusillade of question marks. — Ciaran Carson Copy Share Image
I am reminded, now, of Leonardo's advice to painters: You should fix your eyes, he says, on certain walls stained with damp. You will… — Ciaran Carson Copy Share Image
“I think a writer should always be surprised; and the more I write, the more it seems that the language itself, when explored with… — Ciaran Carson Copy Share Image
We talk to God--that is prayer; God talks to us--that is inspiration. — H. Emilie Cady Copy Share Image
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just understand that the good that you want is already here. All you have to do is get in harmony with it. And you… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
“If you want to build a ship, don’t drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give orders. Instead, teach them… — Antoine de Saint-Exupéry Copy Share Image
It's a hard thing to describe. It's just this sense that you got something to say. — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image