Accurate Quote by John Metcalf Download Open image “Writers don't have to keep themselves honest. They have to keep themselves accurate.” — John Metcalf ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.5 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Accurate Honest Keep Themselves Truth Writers Writing
If a writer is convinced that he is honest, then it is very difficult for him to be a bad writer. — Primo Levi Copy Share Image
Writers, unlike most people, tell their best lies when they are alone. — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Most writers flinch at the thought of being completely honest about themselves. So absolute honesty is what marks the true modern. — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
I suppose all writers are crazy, but if they are any good, I believe they have a terrible honesty. — Raymond Chandler Copy Share Image
“If you’re honest with yourself as a writer, trying to tell the best story you can, your story will be an honest one. And… — Joe Clifford Faust Copy Share Image
I think people do look to writers to tell the truth in a way that nobody else quite will, not politicians or ministers or sociologists. A writer's job, is to, by way of fiction, somehow describe the way we live. And to me, this seems an important task, very worth doing, and I think also, to the reading public, it… — John Updike Copy Share
I wanted the press to become something of a movement. Not a movement committed to a particular 'ism', but a gathering together of writers… — John Metcalf Copy Share Image
The surprise of an army is now next to an impossibility. ... Prearranged surprises are rare and difficult because in order to plan one… — Antoine-Henri Jomini Copy Share Image
In essence, I see the value of journalism as resting in a twofold mission: informing the public of accurate and vital information, and its… — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
I never think of things rationally or intellectually. I swear, every single decision I make is just instinct and my instincts tend to be… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
No accurate thinker will judge another person by that which the other person's enemies say about him. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
The Bell curve is a fact of life. The blacks on average score 85 per cent on IQ and it is accurate, nothing to… — Lee Kuan Yew Copy Share Image
A film is a chain of very difficult decisions, and I think one of them is to choose an accurate cast. — Javier Camara Copy Share Image
“Madoc makes a snorting sound, then turns to me. 'I am sure that Wren here wouldn't mind taking Lady Nore's castle and lands for… — Holly Black Copy Share Image
He [Groucho's father] had absolutely no training, and if you had ever seen one of his suits, you'd realize what an accurate statement that… — Groucho Marx Copy Share Image
... the attempt to render visual intricacy makes words feel unwieldy, like sacks of meaning that must be lugged into place, dragged here and… — Mark Doty Copy Share Image
Not forgiving prolongs hurt and anger and leads to smoldering resentment, which will make us miserable until it kills us. Resentment destroys the perception… — Richard Walters Copy Share Image
Selfish hedonism is not a pejorative. It is a description - an exactly accurate description of what is involved in homosexual relations. — Alan Keyes Copy Share Image
The western mantra is that Israel seeks negotiations without preconditions, while the Palestinians refuse. The opposite is more accurate. — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
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