Happens Quote by Kobo Abe Download Open image “Perhaps the act of writing is necessary when nothing happens.” — Kobo Abe ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.8 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Happens Things happen Writing
Writing requires the concentration of the writer, demands that nothing else be done except that. — Carlos Fuentes Copy Share Image
When you're not writing, you're not doing anything else either because everything you do goes into the writing. — Linn Ullmann Copy Share Image
Writing is a futile attempt to preserve what disappears moment by moment. — Marge Piercy Copy Share Image
The act of writing is an act of optimism. You would not take the trouble to do it if you felt that it didn't… — Edward Albee Copy Share Image
In the life of a real writer, nothing is ever lost, no word you write is a waste of your time or energy. — Larry Brooks Copy Share Image
“So nothing will ever be written down again. Perhaps the act of writing is necessary only when nothing happens.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
Writing is not complete when you've added everything you could, but rather, when you've taken away everything that is not needed. — Anne Clark Copy Share Image
A piece of writing is like a piece of magic. You create something out of nothing. — Susanna Clarke Copy Share Image
“People like me who lack something are liable to become spiteful critics.” — Kobo Abe Copy Share Image
“I rather think the world is like sand. The fundamental nature of sand is very difficult to grasp when you think of it in… — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“Injuries to the body, especially the face, are not treated simply as problems of form. We should rather speak of themas belonging in the… — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“What we mean when we say "terrible conditions" is conditions which we are aware of as being terrible.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“He wanted to believe that his own lack of movement had stopped all movement in the world, the way a hibernating frog abolishes winter.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“One could not do without repetition in life, like the beating of the heart, but it was also true that the beating of the… — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“It is manifestly pregnant and has a bulging white belly heavy with its load of kittens.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
Many people ask why a writer commits suicide. But I think that people who ask don't know the vanity and the nothingness of writing.… — Kobo Abe Copy Share Image
“Everyone has his own philosophy that doesn't hold good for anybody else.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
“It would seem that marsupials are poor imitations of full-fledged mammals. Their inadequacy gives them a certain appeal; we’re touched by it.” — Kōbō Abe Copy Share Image
I could not limit my values and pursuits to what makes others comfortable. Being possessed by a promise I live without options. I will… — Bill Johnson Copy Share Image
I'm 38 and I'm single, and I'm having my most intense and gratifying relationship with a dog. But we all learn about love in… — Caroline Knapp Copy Share Image
Sometimes it's just enough for me to have the idea. I don't need to see it through to the end. When it actually happens,… — Amy Sedaris Copy Share Image
I write about presidents. That means I write about guys - so far. I'm interested in the people closest to them, the people they… — Doris Kearns Goodwin Copy Share Image
I don't look at myself as a basketball coach. I look at myself as a leader who happens to coach basketball. — Mike Krzyzewski Copy Share Image
Quantum physics fluctuates all the time. But now the fluctuations are not just particles coming into and out of existence, which happens all the… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
Talented people can predict with great accuracy what's about to happen just a tiny bit ahead of their competitors. It might be two seconds… — Kevin Maney Copy Share Image
Faith is the avenue to salvation. Not intellectual understanding. Not money. Not your works. Just simple faith. How much faith? The faith of a… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
I always knew I wanted to have a good career, so I made it happen. — Chord Overstreet Copy Share Image
The amazing thing is that we live our lives with the hope that things will go right, that things will happen. And all along… — Laurel Nakadate Copy Share Image
I had sort of had a 21st birthday when I was 17, 18 years old living in Japan. I had all of that stuff… — Sarah Wright Copy Share Image
I think the most miraculous thing is learning. I get out of the way and let the students learn. Then you get to watch… — Frederick Lenz Copy Share Image
