Pay Quote by Samuel R. Delany Download Open image “I took my writing seriously, and it seemed to pay off.” — Samuel R. Delany ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 4.7 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Pay Writing
The best advice on writing I've ever received is to take it seriously, because to do it well is all-consuming. — David Guterson Copy Share Image
I didn't take writing seriously at first - I didn't think I could do it. When I did, I fell in love with it.… — Daniel Kaluuya Copy Share Image
... I had always written but I never took it seriously. It was a way of life, not a living. — Alice Kahn Copy Share Image
One of the problems we have as writers is we don't take ourselves seriously while writing; being serious is setting aside a time and… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
I wrote what I felt I had to write, and I'm willing to put my own sanity and my reputation behind it. — Gloria Naylor Copy Share Image
I’m so revolted by writers taking themselves seriously that, as a kind of protest, I’ve deprioritized the role of writing in my life. I… — Geoff Dyer Copy Share Image
I wrote much because I was paid little. I had no great desire to leave a literary name behind me. — Anthony Burgess Copy Share Image
All writers want to know that someone is reading their work, taking them seriously. It provides a kind of moral support. — Felice Picano Copy Share Image
Writing for me, even what you call serious writing, is play. — Guillermo Cabrera Infante Copy Share Image
Real seriousness in regard to writing is one of two absolute necessities. The other, unfortunately, is talent. — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
Writing can be a pretty desperate endeavor, because it is about some of our deepest needs: our need to be visible, to be heard,… — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
A poet is wounded into speech, and he examines these wounds, meticulously, to discover how to heal them. The bad poet harangues at the… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
'You spin in the sky, the world spins under you, and you step from land to land, while we . . .' She turned… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
“People probably do hear watches go tic-tok. But I’m sure my childhood clock went tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic-tic…Why” — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
“I wanted to get out, Vyme, to keep going and not be trapped, to be free… only I was cruel. I had the chance… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
A number of things in 'Dhalgren' are just meant to function as mysteries. They're mysteries when the book begins, and they're mysteries when the… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
The pulp hero, though he may be a renegade, is a guy who doesn't feel. Anything. Ever. And for the adolescent male - pummeled by emotions left and right, whether arising from sexuality or resulting from his necessary encounters with authority - this hero is a blessing, a relief and a release. The world he lives in, where feelings are… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share
“they were nice in a useless sort of way, which is, after all, the only way to be truly nice.” — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
“Neurotics, proceed with delusions of grandeur. Napoleon Bonaparte, take the lead. Jesus Christ, bring up the rear. Simulate severe depression. Non-communicative with repressed hostility.” — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
“Do you follow the wrestling? Most people think it's illegal, but you can watch it there. Ruby and Python are on display this evening.” — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
Spending practically every minute of your day on pure survival is an absolutely boring life. — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
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People will pay a price for putting political obstruction over progress in a time that is so critical and urgent. — Tim Kaine Copy Share Image
We will also target tax evasion and off-shore tax havens... Everyone must pay their share. — George Osborne Copy Share Image
For me, the term "psychotherapy" is limiting. It implies that we work with mind and emotions, but excludes the body and pays scant attention… — Jed Diamond Copy Share Image
The rich people are apparently leaving America. They're giving up their citizenship. These great lovers of America who made their money in this country-when you ask them to pay their fair share of taxes they run abroad. We have 19-year old kids who lost their lives in Iraq and Afghanistan defending this country. They went abroad. Not to escape taxes.… — Bernie Sanders Copy Share
I'm writing about real things. Real people. Real characters. You have to believe what I write about is true or you wouldn't pay any… — Lou Reed Copy Share Image
I went to a mosque in Philadelphia with [my wife] in December 24, 1999. And we we went to this mosque in Philly, and I just had such a strong reaction to the prayer. And I was really emotionally - I felt really grounded at that time. And so to be in this prayer and the imam is doing the… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share
The Harvard Business Review recently had an article called 'The Human Moment,' about how to make real contact with a person at work: ...… — Daniel Goleman Copy Share Image
Britain should take pride in a foreign policy that reflects her values and responsibilities - but it must be grounded in the tangible interests… — Dominic Raab Copy Share Image
“The police ultimately pay the price for poor customer service when citizens become fearful of them.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
