Crafts Quote by Gordon Lish Download Open image “Never be sincere - sincerity is the death of writing.” — Gordon Lish ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.2 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Crafts Death Sincere Sincerity Truth Writing
Sincerity is the end and beginning of things; without sincerity there would be nothing. — Confucius Copy Share Image
Some sincerity will serve well in the long run but total sincerity is often detrimental. — Martin Dansky Copy Share Image
Sincerity is impossible, unless it pervade the whole being, and the pretence of it saps the very foundation of character. — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Being insincerely sincere to expect sincerity is the virtue, most of live with..... — Santanu Mishra Copy Share Image
I think I'm genuinely sincere, and that's what hopefully makes it work. I take that very seriously when I'm writing. — Andy Grammer Copy Share Image
Your words must match what you do. In so many words, you need to show sincerity with your words. — John Garrett Copy Share Image
A little sincerity is a dangerous thing, and a great deal of it is absolutely fatal. — Oscar Wilde Copy Share Image
“He came to chat with me the day of my being discharged, advising that I not stay at the dog fight until the last… — Gordon Lish Copy Share Image
Writing is not about self-expression; it is about putting words on paper. — Gordon Lish Copy Share Image
“...I have come to be convinced that it is only the unbending observance of custom that sustains life in an urban circumstance.” — Gordon Lish Copy Share Image
I see the notion of talent as quite irrelevant. I see instead perseverance, application, industry, assiduity, will, will, will, desire, desire, desire. — Gordon Lish Copy Share Image
“It’s not what happens to people on the page; it’s about what happens to a reader in his heart and mind.” — Gordon Lish Copy Share Image
She spent hours drawing on her own, trying to perfect her craft. And when she got into music, she had that same diligence in… — Laura Joplin Copy Share Image
All My Children taught me a great work ethic; you work so hard on a soap opera! It is a good way to start… — Eva LaRue Copy Share Image
Good films are not made by accident, nor is good photography. You can have good things happen, on occasion, by accident that can be… — Gordon Willis Copy Share Image
Harvey [Weinstein] didn't want to release [MY SON THE FANATIC]; he held it for two years because he wanted a happy ending, although I… — Hanif Kureishi Copy Share Image
There is no royal path to good writing; and such paths as exist do not lead through neat critical gardens, various as they are,… — Jessamyn West Copy Share Image
The state of female artists is very good. But the very definition of art has been biased in that 'art' was what men did… — Gloria Steinem Copy Share Image
the twelve or fifteen millions in the British Empire, who, while they possess no electoral rights, are yet persuaded they are freemen, and who… — Richard Cobden Copy Share Image
I got Michael Caine's book, Acting In Film, and I read it on the plane, desperately trying to glean information from him about how… — Eric McCormack Copy Share Image
One of the things about what . . . I do - writing plays - is that a poll is not taken before you… — Wendy Wasserstein Copy Share Image
Look, I come from vaudeville, I come from burlesque, I come from heartaches, I come from sadness, I come from gladness, I come from… — Mickey Rooney Copy Share Image
All the craft skills that I have, I feel like I developed and honed in drama school. It's the most important thing for me. — Andre Holland Copy Share Image
A first novel of astonishing force, craft and beauty, The Headmaster's Wager conjures up a dizzyingly evocative wartime Saigon in the story of Percival… — Janice Y. K. Lee Copy Share Image
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