Books Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche

“It also seems that the unhappy writers are the enduring writer. Hampered or limited by their suffering, literature becomes their focus and salvation, forcing…

— Cirilo F. Bautista

The good author is he who contemplates without marked joy or excessive sorrow the adventures of his soul amongst criticisms.

— Joseph Conrad

“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

Open your mind to new experiences, particularly to the study of other people. Nothing that happens to a writer – however happy, however tragic…

— Anonymous

“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

“He worries a lot and often suffers from feelings of self-doubt. He has a natural attraction to the melancholy side of life. He is…

— Sandra Nichols

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

— Grace Bridges

“Unlike uplifting light fiction, narrative nonfiction’s trammeled territory provides no safe room where an unnerved writer can banish their unpleasant memories. Narrative nonfiction must…

— Kilroy J. Oldster

“Melancholy isn’t always a disorder that needs to be cured. It can be a species of intelligent grief which arises when we come face-to-face…

— Alain de Botton

I do not know what makes a writer, but it probably isn't happiness.

— William Saroyan

“It’s amazing what people create using their pain. Work that is touched by melancholy has its own unique beauty. Even the word ‘melancholy’ is…

— Lang Leav

Man could not live if he were entirely impervious to sadness. Many sorrows can be endured only by being embraced, and the pleasure taken…

— Emile Durkheim