Accepted Quote by Louis Menand

Each day of not writing, of comfort, of being that which he despised, dulled his ability and softened his will to work so that,…

— Ernest Hemingway

His speech failed to rouse an enthusiastic cheer, but no one dared contradict him.

— Kenneth Oppel

A writer without interest or sympathy for the foibles of his fellow man is not conceivable as a writer.

— Joseph Conrad

“since his mind no longer entertained any lofty ideals, he had ceased to believe in (although he could not have expressly denied) their reality.…

— Marcel Proust

“Absence of something can not dismiss the presence of anything.”

— SFathima

He possessed the rare merit of making a property of his time and not a burden.

— Anthony Trollope

Whatever the misery, he could not regain contentment with a world which, once doubted, became absurd.

— Sinclair Lewis

He had an opinion of himself, I think, that was too high for his own good. Or maybe it was the reverse. Maybe it…

— Tim O'Brien

He was admired for never being at a loss for words and never wasting any either.

— Garrison Keillor

He did not think of himself as a writer for the simple reason that the world had never allowed him to think of himself…

— Kurt Vonnegut

A writer must refuse to allow himself to be transformed into an institution, even if it takes place in the most honorable form.

— Jean-Paul Sartre

He had taken seriously words which were without importance, and it made him very unhappy.

— Antoine de Saint-Exupery