"Writing is the thing that props me up." — Horton Foote

"Writing is the thing that props me up."

— Horton Foote

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10 Quotes by Horton Foote

Horton Foote has 10 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

I’ve known people that the world has thrown everything at to discourage them...to break their spirit. And yet something about…
When you're a writer, you have to write these stories, even if you don't get paid
You have to watch out with my plays. They're like yeast. You think they're one thing, then all of a…
But I don't really write to honor the past. I write to investigate, to try to figure out what happened…
If I ever teach writing again, I’d say the first lesson is to listen.
I'm a social writer in the sense that I want to record, but not in the sense of trying to…
A lot of writing is thinking.
In New York, there are a lot of plays to see, and I try to see as many as I…
My mother, twenty-two, was Harriet Gautier Brooks, named for her paternal grandmother, but always called Hallie. My father, twenty-six, was…

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More Inspirational Quotes

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This is the precept by which I have lived: Prepare for the worst; expect the best; and take what comes. — Hannah Arendt
There are no dangerous thoughts; thinking itself is dangerous. — Hannah Arendt
Storytelling reveals meaning without committing the error of defining it. — Hannah Arendt
By its very nature the beautiful is isolated from everything else. From beauty no road leads to reality. — Hannah Arendt
To be free in an age like ours, one must be in a position of authority. That in itself would… — Hannah Arendt
Action without a name, a who attached to it, is meaningless. — Hannah Arendt
These are the fifties, you know. The disgusting, posturing fifties. — Hannah Arendt
I love you, and because I love you, I would sooner have you hate me for telling you the truth… — Pietro Aretino
Perugia is my true fatherland because there I grew to manhood. — Pietro Aretino
I want to do what I want when I want to do it not be dictated to by audiences. — Dario Argento
I went through a phase where I thought nostalgia was a bad thing. — Dario Argento
In Italy the censor is very old and there are many judges and psychiatrists who analyse you. — Dario Argento

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