"I read in order to write. I read……" — Cynthia Ozick

"I read in order to write. I read out of obsession with writing."

— Cynthia Ozick

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62 Quotes by Cynthia Ozick

Cynthia Ozick has 62 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

It is the function of a liberal university not to give right answers, but to ask right questions.
To want to be what one can be is purpose in life.
Life is that which - pressingly, persistently, unfailingly, imperially - interrupts.
The imagination is a species of knowledge, knowledge that can take the form of discovery.
To imagine the unimaginable is the highest use of the imagination
I wanted to use what I was, to be what I was born to be - not to have a…
Traveling is seeing; it is the implicit that we travel by.
When something does not insist on being noticed, when we aren't grabbed by the collar or struck on the skull…
The art of fiction is freedom of will for your characters.
The power of language, it seems to me, is the only kind of power a writer is entitled to.
Above all, a book is a riverbank for the river of language. Language without the riverbank is only television talk…
I'm not afraid of facts, I welcome facts but a congeries of facts is not equivalent to an idea. This…

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More Inspirational Quotes

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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