"If I had to give young writers advice,……" — Lillian Hellman
"If I had to give young writers advice, I would say don't listen to writers talking about writing or themselves."
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65 Quotes by Lillian Hellman
Lillian Hellman has 65 quotes on this site.
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No one can argue any longer about the rights of women. It's like arguing about earthquakes.
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For every man who lives without freedom, the rest of us must face the guilt.
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My father was often angry when I was most like him.
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Lonely. I always thought loneliness meant alone, without people. It means something else.
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The past, with its pleasures, its rewards, its foolishness, its punishments, is there for each of us forever, and it…
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Was it always my nature to take a bad time and block out the good times, until any success became…
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Decision by democratic majority vote is a fine form of government, but it's a stinking way to create.
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The writer's intention hasn't anything to do with what he achieves. The intent to earn money or the intent to…
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Nobody knows what you want except you. And nobody will be as sorry as you if you don't get it.…
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Old paint on canvas, as it ages, sometimes becomes transparent. When that happens it is possible, in some pictures, to…
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Success isn't everything but it makes a man stand straight.
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I wanted to see what was there for me once, what is there for me now.
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One important key to success is self-confidence. An important key to self-confidence is preparation.
— Arthur Ashe
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Indeed, wretched the man whose fame makes his misfortunes famous.
— Lucius Accius
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If stock market experts were so expert, they would be buying stock, not selling advice.
— Norman Ralph Augustine
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Because your own strength is unequal to the task, do not assume that it is beyond the powers of man;…
— Marcus Aurelius
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Reject your sense of injury and the injury itself disappears.
— Marcus Aurelius
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To listen to some devout people, one would imagine that God never laughs.
— Sri Aurobindo
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If I were to give advice, I would say to parents that they ought to be very careful whom they…
— Teresa of Avila
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It is wise to keep in mind that neither success nor failure is ever final.
— Roger Babson
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He that gives good advice, builds with one hand; he that gives good counsel and example, builds with both; but…
— Francis Bacon
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The worst men often give the best advice.
— Francis Bacon
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Write down the thoughts of the moment. Those that come unsought for are commonly the most valuable.
— Francis Bacon
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There is as much difference between the counsel that a friend giveth, and that a man giveth himself, as there…
— Francis Bacon
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