Activity Quote by Dacia Maraini Download Open image “Writing is a solitary activity, it requires isolation and silence.” — Dacia Maraini ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Activity Isolation Loneliness Silence Solitary Writing
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The tough thing about writing is you go into a room alone, you close the door and you do your work. — Randy Wayne White Copy Share Image
Writing is a way of drifting within my own mind: almost a solitary process, so to speak. — Twinkle Khanna Copy Share Image
Writing is done alone. People do not talk about the things they do alone. — Anneli Rufus Copy Share Image
It's easier to change a law than an age-old mentality. Deep down, many prejudices, many hostilities, many fears persist. But if we take a… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
For my whole life I have dedicated myself to those who have been subjected to injustice. I've conducted investigations and written in newspapers about… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
In a novel there's not much autobiography. There are characters in transit. Naturally, I can project something of my experiences onto the characters, but… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
I also really loved the sea when I was young, when I lived in Sicily, but unfortunately the sea here has been reduced to… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
I don't always understand my characters. I write to understand them better. — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
“Her gaze dims as her nostalgia for Palermo overcomes her. Those smells of seaweed dried by the sun, of capers, of ripe figs, she… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
It's enough for a small betrayal, a distancing, an affirmation of independence to provoke wrath, fear and also hatred from the adult. How many… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
Don't wait for success, but for the respect and interest of those who read you. At the start it could be a classmate, someone… — Dacia Maraini Copy Share Image
Where I grew up, learning was a collective activity. But when I got to school and tried to share learning with other students that… — Henry Giroux Copy Share Image
It must be assumed and established as a principle, that the right of private property must be regarded as sacred. Wherefore, the law ought… — Pope Leo XIII Copy Share Image
Each man is capable of doing one thing well. If he attempts several, he will fail to achieve distinction in any. — Plato Copy Share Image
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To evoke in oneself a feeling one has once experienced, and having evoked it in oneself, then by means of movements, lines, colors, sounds,… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
There were books everywhere in my house. Books were very present. I just loved books. I never understood reading as anything but a pleasurable… — Lisa Lucas Copy Share Image
For war to man, like childbirth to women, is simplifying in its emotions and activities. All the real problems of life can be put… — Pearl S. Buck Copy Share Image
The only activity a cynic will find contagious is yawning, that is, with other people, at other people. — Criss Jami Copy Share Image
For the longest time, neuroscientists were forced to be passive observers of brain activity. — Gero Miesenbock Copy Share Image
Enjoyment is not a goal, it is a feeling that accompanies important ongoing activity. — Paul Goodman Copy Share Image
Once an activity has been socialized, it is impossible to point out, by concrete example, how men in a free market could better conduct… — Leonard Read Copy Share Image
