"Literature, of course, is not a contest." — Lorrie Moore

"Literature, of course, is not a contest."

— Lorrie Moore

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112 Quotes by Lorrie Moore

Lorrie Moore has 112 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Twenty-year-olds have a kind of emotional idealism about relationships and about the world that enables them to say, 'No, you…
Later I would come to believe that erotic ties were all a spell, a temporary psychosis, even a kind of…
All the way out I listen to the car AM radio, bad lyrics of trailer park love, gin and tonic…
Basically, I realized I was living in that awful stage of life between twenty-six to and thirty-seven known as stupidity.…
For love to last, you had to have illusions or have no illusions at all. But you had to stick…
There seemed nothing so true as a yellow tree.
Better to think of writing, of what one does, as an activity, rather than an identity to keep the calling…
The only really good piece of advice I have for my students is, 'Write something you'd never show your mother…
The detachment of the artist is kind of creepy. It's kind of rude, and yet really it's where art comes…
Love is art, not truth. It’s like painting scenery.
If one loves stories, then one would naturally love the story of the story. Or the story behind the story,…
To write a short story, you have to be able to stay up all night.

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You're about as useful as a one-legged man at an arse kicking contest. — Rowan Atkinson
Our contest is not only whether we ourselves shall be free, but whether there shall be left to mankind an… — Samuel Adams
I am planning to return and contest the October elections in Pakistan. — Benazir Bhutto
I am constitutionally competent to contest the elections. — Benazir Bhutto
Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage. — Ambrose Bierce
Trials are no longer about freeing the innocent, punishing the guilty, and making restitution to the injured. They have devolved… — Tammy Bruce
The struggle is always worthwhile, if the end be worthwhile and the means honorable; foreknowledge of defeat is not sufficient… — Steven Brust
This is not a contest between persons. The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of… — William Jennings Bryan
It is odd but agitation or contest of any kind gives a rebound to my spirits and sets me up… — Lord Byron
We won a contest at the teen fair in Vancouver and the first prize was a recording contract and we… — Tommy Chong
Given the choice between accomplishing something and just lying around, I'd rather lie around. No contest. — Eric Clapton
Behold a contest worthy of a god, a brave man matched in conflict with adversity. — Seneca the Younger

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