Anonymity Quote by Irvine Welsh Download Open image “One of the things you want as a successful writer is the anonymity.” — Irvine Welsh ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (9 ratings) Copy quoteShare Anonymity Success Things Want Writer Writing You
“I'm tired of the anonymity of being an unpublished author. I crave the anonymity of being self-published.” — Tristan Durie Copy Share Image
I think most writers, in a sense, have this desire to disappear, to be absolutely anonymous, to be removed in some way: that comes… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
It is my rather subversive opinion that a writer's feelings of anonymity-obscurity are the second most valuable property on loan to him during his… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Writing with privacy is paramount. You must feel free to admit to yourself your deepest, darkest secrets and true feelings. — Jewel Copy Share Image
Every writer aspires to recognition , and it comes entirely privately, without public fanfare, each time a piece of work is judged worthy of publication. — Cynthia Ozick Copy Share Image
The experience of writing under a pseudonym was tremendously liberating; I could write what I wanted. — Stephen McCauley Copy Share Image
A writer never reads his work. For him, it is the unreadable, a secret, and he cannot remain face to face with it. A… — Maurice Blanchot Copy Share Image
Preserving that privacy between a writer and the work is important. You have to shut out all those voices that have reacted to your… — Susan Minot Copy Share Image
Whatever fame a novelist my attain, it's always kind of an anonymous one. I can go anywhere, and no one knows who I am. — Jonathan Kellerman Copy Share Image
There is an invisible aspect of being a writer; none of it is about you. It's about your work, and that's what it should… — Abi Morgan Copy Share Image
I don't see [ Trainspotting ] as an albatross, I see it more as a calling card. It's got me out to Hollywood, I've… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
He emphasised basic truths: you are not dying yet, you have to live your life until you are. Underpinning them was the belief that… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
“Without this kickstart to my day, I'd be lost. A day without a morning run is a day you fumble through, rather than one… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
“There's nae reasoning wi some cats. You say 'reason', they mew 'treason'. Ken?” — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
It's crazy for somebody who's kind of empowered and wealthy like myself to say, "Oh, I don't need to be patronized by the state,… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
When you go away, you see where you come from in a different light. I see Scotland, and the rest of Britain, as much… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
If it's something that I feel uncomfortable with, that's a reason for me to write it. I kind of like to make myself feel… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
There's nothing worse than a violent beating from an unremarkable person. Physical violence with someone is too much like shagging them. Too much id… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
If I stop working and publishing, and TV, and film and all that, I would be dead within a couple of weeks. I don't… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
I can see why the Russians love Robert Burns, I think that Russians and Koreans have a very similar outlook to Scots. — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
If you continue to transfer the wealth of the population of the planet to a very small amount of people, it becomes untenable at… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
Most middle-class people I know don't really live like me. Middle-class people worry a lot about money. They worry a lot about job security,… — Irvine Welsh Copy Share Image
For me, getting comfortable with being famous was hard - that whole side of it, the loss of anonymity, the loss of privacy. Giving… — Michelle Pfeiffer Copy Share Image
I value my anonymity. I'm happy to come in on the tube or the train and watch other people reading 'Fifty Shades.' — E. L. James Copy Share Image
For many people in the west, Afghanistan is synonymous with the Soviet war and the Taliban. I wanted to remind people that Afghans had… — Khaled Hosseini Copy Share Image
Way before Watergate, senior administration officials hid behind anonymity. — Bob Woodward Copy Share Image
The internet's perfect for all manner of things, but productive discussion ain't one of them. It provides scant room for debate and infinite opportunities… — Charlie Brooker Copy Share Image
People feel they can say nasty things and have anonymity behind the net - as they did with all the nasty comments about me… — Nicola Roberts Copy Share Image
I wouldn't want to even try to begin to describe our customer, as I think she likes a certain amount of anonymity. I try… — Phoebe Philo Copy Share Image
Most members of Gamergate, the alt-right movement best known for harassing women in the game industry, operate under a veil of anonymity. — Brianna Wu Copy Share Image
I came from anonymity, and I will continue to write as a private pursuit. — W. G. Sebald Copy Share Image
The problem with losing your anonymity is that you can never go back. — Marla Maples Copy Share Image