Betrayal Quote by Helen McCloy Download Open image “The author portrays himself in every line he writes and portrayal is always betrayal.” — Helen McCloy ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.4 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Betrayal Books Lines Portrayal Writing
Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Copy Share Image
“I think the worst way a writer can self-betray is by not being true to his or her experience of being alive. It’s my… — Thomas Ligotti Copy Share Image
I think anybody who is writing finds he puts a little bit of himself in all of the characters, at least in this kind… — Charles M. Schulz Copy Share Image
“There are many kinds of betrayals. There are the small ones: the unkind word, the laughter behind someone's back, the petty lies. And there… — Gillian Shields Copy Share Image
The author can always delve into his own personality and find aspects of himself with which he can dress his characters. — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
“When he describes woman, each writer discloses his general ethics and the special idea he has of himself; and in her he often betrays… — Simone de Beauvoir Copy Share Image
Every man is an original and solitary character. None can either understand or feel the book of his own life like himself. — Richard Cecil Copy Share Image
The good writer seems to be writing about himself, but has his eye always on that thread of the Universe which runs through himself… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
“All writers are vain, selfish, and lazy, and at the very bottom of their motives there lies a mystery.” — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“What's remarkable about fiction is that it places you in the unusual position of having no trajectory. You stand aside, motives abandoned for the… — Tom Rachman Copy Share Image
A good novelist loves all of his characters, he lives in them, even in those who commit or must commit terrible acts. — Liao Yiwu Copy Share Image
the fool is the one true cosmopolite - the one character common to all nationalities. — Helen McCloy Copy Share Image
fiction and lies are both works of creative art, and creation always reveals the creator. — Helen McCloy Copy Share Image
the unconscious forces that govern accessible memory are the most arbitrary of editors and the absolute masters of our lives. — Helen McCloy Copy Share Image
most of our social and educational institutions are designed to weed out or make over people ... until we produce a world where everyone… — Helen McCloy Copy Share Image
Even a small, everyday lie is a clue to the personality and preoccupations of the liar, like a dream or any other confection of… — Helen McCloy Copy Share Image
Thunderstorms were rare in California, but when they came they were, like most things in California, larger than life. — Helen McCloy Copy Share Image
Wouldn't it be kinder to say that a lie is a short work of fiction? 'A story' as my daughter says? — Helen McCloy Copy Share Image
“That's the catch about betrayal, of course: that it feels good, that there's something immensely pleasurable about moving from a complicated relationship which involves… — Nora Ephron Copy Share Image
God’s faithfulness is stronger than our unfaithfulness and our infidelities. — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
“Flattery looks like friendship, just like a wolf looks like a dog.” — Oscar Auliq-Ice Copy Share Image
If you leave someone for another person, don't be surprised if that person leaves you for someone else. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“As they say in New York, Get over it and, if you can't get over it, Get over talking about it.” — Marian Keyes Copy Share Image
“He returned her gaze, yearning for sentimental solace; love which emanated from a familiar source, mattered little how bedevilling. They shared an intimate moment,… — A. H. Septimius Copy Share Image
I was always here for you,you knew you could count on me and trust me blindly, and you knew that I would never tell… — Michael Hayssus Copy Share Image
Joy doesn't betray but sustains activism. And when you face a politics that aspires to make you fearful, alienated and isolated, joy is a… — Rebecca Solnit Copy Share Image
Love comes exactly... To those who still hope, even though they've been disappointed. To those who still believe, even though they've been betrayed and… — Mizhan Copy Share Image
For some people, a one-night stand doesn't make any difference in a seven-year love affair. I don't believe the degree of betrayal is always… — Esther Perel Copy Share Image
Betrayal is a serious thing in this world,you know what else is serious? Being lied to. — Sabrina Copy Share Image
