Ifs Quote by Jaroslav Seifert

If an ordinary person is silent, it may be a tactical maneuver. If a writer is silent, he is lying.

— Jaroslav Seifert

When one writer tries to silence another, he silences every writer-and in the end he also silences himself.

— David Leavitt

Sometimes, to remain silent is to lie, since silence can be interpreted as assent.

— Miguel de Unamuno

Lying is done with words and also with silence.

— Adrienne Rich

... silence (can) be the most eloquent form of lying.

— Pat Conroy

Writers speak for those who are kept in silence

— Isabel Allende

When truth is replaced by silence,the silence is a lie.

— Yevgeny Yevtushenko

It is not easy to keep silent when silence is a lie.

— Victor Hugo

It is not so easy to keep silent when the silence is a lie.

— Victor Hugo

Writing is a solitary activity, it requires isolation and silence.

— Dacia Maraini

The most common human act that writing a novel resembles is lying. The working novelist lies daily, very complexly, and at great length.

— William Gibson

It's very important for a writer to be unnoticed, as quiet and unnoticed as possible.

— Edith Pearlman