"One paradox of professional writing is that books……" — David Foster Wallace
"One paradox of professional writing is that books written solely for money and/or acclaim will almost never be good enough to garner either."
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303 Quotes by David Foster Wallace
David Foster Wallace has 303 quotes on this site.
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We will, of course, without hesitation use art to parody, ridicule, debunk, or criticize ideologies.
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God, what a ghastly enterprise to be in, though-and what an odd way to achieve success. I'm an exhibitionist who…
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When I say or write something, there are actually a whole lot of different things I am communicating. The propositional…
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Under fun's new administration, writing fiction becomes a way to go deep inside yourself and illuminate precisely the stuff you…
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Of course, the fact that Dostoevsky can tell a juicy story isn't enough to make him great. If it were,…
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Some words have to be explicitly uttered, Lenore. Only by actually uttering certain words does one really DO what one…
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You have a great deal of yourself on the line, writing- your vanity is at stake. You discover a tricky…
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Postmodern irony and cynicism's become an end in itself, a measure of hip sophistication and literary savvy. Few artists dare…
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No one can call themselves a writer until he or she has written at least fifty stories.
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Molly Notkin often confides on the phone to Joelle van Dyne about the one tormented love of Nokin's life thus…
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No single, individual moment is in and of itself unendurable.
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Fiction is one of the few experiences where loneliness can be both confronted and relieved. Drugs, movies where stuff blows…
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More Acclaim Quotes
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To a large degree, since the beginning of time, charisma or the lack of it has impacted upon those in…
— John Donne
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When I arrived at the point where I received public acclaim, I felt the most lowly, because I knew within…
— Walter Russell
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The so-called Christian virtues of humility, love, charity, personal freedom, the strong prohibitions against violence, murder, stealing, lying, cruelty-all these…
— John T. Flynn
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To be acknowledged for who and what I am, no more, no less. Not for acclaim, not for approval, but,…
— Robin Williams
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A film has to be for commercial success as well as earn you respect as an artist. You don't want…
— Saif Ali Khan
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We do not diminish the value of what women or men achieve in any worthy endeavor or career -- we…
— D. Todd Christofferson
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Is success just about winning? Acclaim? Trophies? Wealth? Our personal happiness or satisfaction? I have been blessed to experience some…
— Tom Osborne
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As critical acclaim and response has built up, every interview I give is a chance to puncture the myth I've…
— James Ellroy
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A good manager is best when people barely know that he exists. Not so good when people obey and acclaim…
— Laozi
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It is certainly true that cooking is therapeutic, creative and all those other faintly creepy self-helpish words. I would love…
— Steve Almond
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The triumph of the analytical movement, which formed in the '30's and '40's, was precisely what earned the Soviet masters…
— Mikhail Botvinnik
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The great piano virtuoso Paderewski was once playing before an audience of the rich and the royal. After a brilliant…
— Eric Butterworth
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