Inspirational Quote by Jonathan Franzen Download Open image “The writer’s life is a life of revisions.” — Jonathan Franzen ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (4 ratings) Copy quoteShare Inspirational Life Life is Life Is A Life Love Revision Writing
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the writer is initially set going by literature more than by life. — Flannery O'Connor Copy Share Image
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How do we live the writer's life? There's only one simple answer: 'we write.' — Dani Shapiro Copy Share Image
“The fundamental fact about all of us is that we’re alive for a while but will die before long. This fact is the real… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Fiction that isn't an author's personal adventure into the frightening or the unknown isn't worth writing for anything but money. — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“Parents are programmed to want the best for their kids, regardless of what they get in return. That's what love is supposed to be… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“Birds were what became of dinosaurs. Those mountains of flesh whose petrified bones were on display at the Museum of Natural History had done… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
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A big part of me would be very proud never having anything of mine adapted, because if you want the real experience, there's only… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Seriously, the world is changing so quickly that if you had any more than 80 years of change I dont see how you could… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“I'm saying the structure and f the entire culture is flawed, chip said. I'm saying the bureaucracy has arrogated the right to define certain… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
Integrity's a neutral value. Hyenas have integrity, too. They're pure hyena. — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“An odd thing about beauty, however, is that it's absence tends not to arouse our sympathy as much as other forms of privation do.” — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
He became another data point in the American experiment of self-government, an experiment statistically skewed from the outset, because it wasn't the people with… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
“It was this motley band of modest peeps and plovers on the beach who reminded me of the human beings I loved best -… — Jonathan Franzen Copy Share Image
We talk to God--that is prayer; God talks to us--that is inspiration. — H. Emilie Cady Copy Share Image
You'll seldom experience regret for anything that you've done. It is what you haven't done that will torment you. The message, therefore, is clear.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Just understand that the good that you want is already here. All you have to do is get in harmony with it. And you… — Bob Proctor Copy Share Image
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It's a hard thing to describe. It's just this sense that you got something to say. — Jonah Lehrer Copy Share Image