Being Quote by Thomas Mann Download Open image “The task of a writer consists of being able to make something out of an idea.” — Thomas Mann ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.7 out of 5 (6 ratings) Copy quoteShare Being Make Something Task Writer Writing
The real skill of being a writer is being able to take your inspired moments, and make them work as a whole, through the… — Nick Blaemire Copy Share Image
Writing is the hammer & chisel that breaks down the established way of thinking. A concrete event, then an abstraction. An image, then a… — Diane Glancy Copy Share Image
A writer is someone who has found a process that will bring about new things. — William Stafford Copy Share Image
At the end of the day, I think the only way to do the kind of job a writer does is push everything aside… — Marc Guggenheim Copy Share Image
You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
The function of a writer is to make sense of life. It is such a mystery, it changes all the time, like the light. — Nadine Gordimer Copy Share Image
All there is to writing is having ideas. To learn to write is to learn to have ideas. — Robert Frost Copy Share Image
The writer is one who, embarking upon a task, does not know what to do... Writing is a process of dealing with not-knowing, a… — Donald Barthelme Copy Share Image
Writing is a combination of intangible creative fantasy and appallingly hard work. — Anthony Powell Copy Share Image
I don't believe that a writer 'gets' (takes into the head) an 'idea' (some sort of mental object) 'from' somewhere, and then turns it… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Writers write. That's all it is. It is as simple, and as complex, as that. — Stephen King Copy Share Image
Solitude produces originality, bold and astonishing beauty, poetry. But solitude also produces perverseness, the disproportianate, the absurd and the forbidden. — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“Solitude favors the original, the daringly and otherworldly beautiful, the poem. But it also favors the wrongful, the extreme, the absurd, and the forbidden.” — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“But what would be our readers’ reaction if we simply refused to get to the bottom of that question?” — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
What good would politics be, if it didn’t give everyone the opportunity to make moral compromises. — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“O, čarobna organsko lepoto, koja se ne sastojiš ni iz uljane boje ni iz kamena, već iz materije žive i raspadljive, pune grozničave tajne… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“I hope that you have nothing against malice, my good engineer. In my eyes it is the brightest sword that reason has against the… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“The days began to fly now, and yet each one of them was stretched by renewed expectations and swollen with silent, private experiences. Yes,… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
“A stimulus is a stimulus. The body doesn't give a damn about the meaning of the stimulus. Whether minnows or communion, the sebaceous glands… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
It is remarkable how a man cannot summarize his thoughts in even the most general sort of way without betraying himself completely, without putting… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
Because of the womb being a central phenomenon in the feminine body, the whole psychology of woman differs: she is non-aggressive, non-inquiring, non-questioning, non-doubting,… — Rajneesh Copy Share Image
Philosopher is a dictator who modifies accepted standards with his thoughts. — Ilkin Santak Copy Share Image
There is something magical about being able to feel somebody. And that is something that has always moved me with music. — Maria Brink Copy Share Image
I love being in Malibu. It's so cool there, and the water is just, it's nice and, and I love the beach. And I… — Jackie Evancho Copy Share Image
I talk to my mates about our kids, being too tired and being worn out. — Holly Willoughby Copy Share Image
I love to fish. I love the peacefulness of being around the water. — Evonne Goolagong Cawley Copy Share Image
When you're in your twenties and starting out, the problem is that you care about being cool. Being older, I can care less about… — James Righton Copy Share Image
I am tired of our characters being so incomplete. When do we ever save the day in a film? When does a Latino actor… — Esai Morales Copy Share Image
I think I've had the longest career of strength, focus, and still being able to sell records. I think I'm that guy. I'm still… — Nas Copy Share Image
If we accept being talked to any kind of a way, then we are telling ourselves we are not quite worth the best. And… — Maya Angelou Copy Share Image
Having small children and being an investigative reporter would seem like a difficult mix, but it worked well for me. I was often working… — Jill Abramson Copy Share Image
