Books Quote by Cirilo F. Bautista

“The ultimate goal of any writer is to explore the lightest and darkest aspects of being. If a writer accomplishes this task, the work…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Moreover, people invariably take a greater interest in the suffering of others than in their well-being. Hence writers must constantly fight against the most…

— Minae Mizumura

Writing is a refuge from unhappiness, but has its own sorrows.

— Mason Cooley

“A writer must empathize with all of their characters because he is the one that bestowed upon them both joy and misery.”

— Terry A O'Neal

“Anyone longing to become a writer, for even a few moments of his life, will vainly weave fantastic events unless he has experienced that…

— Ivan Klima

Whoever commits to paper what he suffers becomes a melancholy author: but he becomes a serious author when he tells us what he suffered…

— Friedrich Nietzsche

“A writer is not born but made through study and sheer willpower and ability to embrace beauty and agony.”

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Writers are often given the gift of being spectacularly unhappy, so that they can record the full depth of feeling.”

— Grace Bridges

“The written word is weak. Many people prefer life to it. Life gets your blood going, and it smells good. Writing is mere writing,…

— Annie Dillard

“For the writer that has truly suffered, their pen, their words, their art will become as important as breathing.”

— Jason E. Hodges

“I am no longer a writer. Just an emotion. An emotion that is unable to stay within its own body, and is therefore, trying…

— Zaeema J. Hussain

“Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted and slightly savage if…

— Jessamyn West