"There was a time when self-promotion was considered……" — Jess Walter
"There was a time when self-promotion was considered so verboten, especially for authors."
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38 Quotes by Jess Walter
Jess Walter has 38 quotes on this site.
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You have to do disappointment twice.
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All we have is the story we tell. Everything we do, every decision we make, our strength, weakness, motivation, history,…
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At peace? Who but the insane would ever be at peace? What person who has enjoyed life could possibly think…
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I pretty much drink a cup of coffee, write in my journal for a while, and then sit at a…
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Maybe every couple lived in the gaps between conversations, unable to say the important things for fear they had already…
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If a police officer arrests a mime, does he need to tell him he has the right to remain silent.
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What business does memory have with time?
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Life, he thought, is a blatant act of imagination.
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There are only two good outcomes for a quest like this, the hope of the serendipitous savant — sail for…
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Sometimes what we want to do and what we must do are not the same. Pasquo, the smaller the space…
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A writer needs four things to achieve greatness, Pasquale: desire, disappointment, and the sea.” “That’s only three.” Alvis finished his…
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Stories are people. I'm a story, you're a story...your father is a story. Our stories go in every direction, but…
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More Authors Quotes
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Age appears to be best in four things; old wood best to burn, old wine to drink, old friends to…
— Francis Bacon
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Among all kinds of Writing, there is none in which Authors are more apt to miscarry than in Works of…
— Joseph Addison
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It can happen that a book, unlike its authors, grows younger as the years pass.
— John Berger
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Booksellers are the most valuable destination for the lonely, given the numbers of books that were written because authors couldn't…
— Alain de Botton
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Musicians are at the bottom of the creative pyramid and authors are at the top, and many people think it's…
— Nick Cave
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There are a lot of authors in the world, so it's difficult to find a unique niche to present your…
— Kareem Abdul-Jabbar
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We must be authors of the history of our age.
— Madeleine Albright
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among the values of classical learning I estimate the Luxury of reading the Greek & Roman authors in all the…
— Thomas Jefferson
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Of all the diversions of life, there is none so proper to fill up its empty spaces as the reading…
— Joseph Addison
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Thousands of volumes have been written about aviation, but we do not automatically have thousands of true and special friends…
— Richard Bach
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The Poor Man whom everyone speaks of, the Poor Man whom everyone pities, one of the repulsive Poor from whom…
— Albert Camus
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Most bad books get that way because their authors are engaged in trying to justify themselves. If a vain author…
— Stephen Vizinczey
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