Manual labor Quote by John Gregory Dunne Download Open image ““Writing is a manual labor of the mind: a job, like laying pipe.”” — John Gregory Dunne ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.7 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare Job Like Laying Pipe Like Laying Manual labor Psychology Writer Writing
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New York is at once cosmopolitan and parochial, a compendium of sentimental certainties. It is in fact the most sentimental of the world's great… — John Gregory Dunne Copy Share Image
Novels do take charge of the writer, and the writer is basically a kind of sheepdog just trying to keep things on track. — John Gregory Dunne Copy Share Image
Violence is the way stupid people try to level the playing field. — John Gregory Dunne Copy Share Image
The world is divided up into two kinds of people - those who look at their body waste in the toilet bowl, and those… — John Gregory Dunne Copy Share Image
The professional guts a book through - in full knowledge that what he is doing is not very good. Not to work is to… — John Gregory Dunne Copy Share Image
Because one has written other books does not mean the next becomes any easier. — John Gregory Dunne Copy Share Image
I’ve always thought a novelist only has one character and that is himself or herself. — John Gregory Dunne Copy Share Image
I started all over again on page 1, circling the 262 pages like a vulture looking for live flesh to scavenge. — John Gregory Dunne Copy Share Image
The narrative was too constricted; it was like a fetus strangling on its own umbilical cord. — John Gregory Dunne Copy Share Image
There are two types of people ... the scrutinizers and the scrutinized — John Gregory Dunne Copy Share Image
The eleventh commandment of a motion picture negotiation: Thou shalt not take less than thy last deal. — John Gregory Dunne Copy Share Image
Do you see these hands?" Jo said, holding them up. "These were made for caressing handsome men and meant to be adorned with pretty… — Nicholas Sparks Copy Share Image
Coming from a working-class background, where my father did manual labor, was a good grounding; I was obsessed with getting a job or getting… — Johnny Marr Copy Share Image
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I worked full time jobs, basically doing manual labor until I could make enough money supporting myself as a musician. — Flea Copy Share Image
Manual labor to my father was not only good and decent for it's own sake but, as he was given to saying, it straightened… — Mary Ellen Chase Copy Share Image
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Some of the best ideas I get seem to happen when I'm doing mindless manual labor or exercise. I'm not sure how that happens,… — Chuck Palahniuk Copy Share Image
“I learned what education was expected to do for an individual. Before going there I had a good deal of the then rather prevalent… — Booker T. Washington Copy Share Image
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“You know the world has ended when manual labor in America is cheaper and easier than using machines.” — Susan Ee Copy Share Image
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Writing isn't manual labor. Nor is it emptying the dishwasher or paying bills. It's work, sure, but sometimes it should be fun. — Rebecca Serle Copy Share Image
