Dead Quote by V. S. Naipaul Download Open image “If a writer doesn't generate hostility, he is dead.” — V. S. Naipaul ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.9 out of 5 (3 ratings) Copy quoteShare Dead Generate He Hostility Writer Writing
There is little pride in writers. They know they are human and shall some day die and be forgotten. Knowing all this a writer… — William Saroyan Copy Share Image
I cannot imagine any writer who would not fight for his peace and quiet. — Wislawa Szymborska Copy Share Image
All writing is an antisocial act, since the writer is a man who can speak freely only when alone; to be himself he must… — Kenneth Tynan Copy Share Image
I gather a repulsive nobody writing in a paper no one of any decency would be seen dead with has written something loathesome and… — Stephen Fry Copy Share Image
The animadversions of critics are commonly such as may easily provoke the sedatest writer to some quickness of resentment and asperity of reply — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
No one connected intimately with a writer has any appreciation of his temperament, except to think him overdoing everything. — Zane Grey Copy Share Image
In general, writers shouldn't be killed for what they write, though I can think of exceptions. — Salman Rushdie Copy Share Image
The greater part of critics are parasites, who, if nothing had been written, would find nothing to write. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The purpose of a writer is to be read, and the criticism which would destroy the power of pleasing must be blown aside — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
In Trinidad, where as new arrivals we were a disadvantaged community, that excluding idea was a kind of protection; it enabled us - for… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
Many writers tend to write summing-up books at the end of their lives. — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
If you decide to move to another country and to live within its laws you don't express your disregard for the essence of the… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
To this day, if you ask me how I became a writer, I cannot give you an answer. To this day, if you ask… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
In our island myth this was the prescribed end of marriages like mine: the wife goes off with someone from the Cercle Sportif, outside… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
In the beginning, before the arrival of the white men, I had considered myself neutral. I had wanted neither side to win, neither the… — V. S. Naipaul Copy Share Image
I'm going to stay on stage until I drop dead. Then I'm going to have myself stuffed, like Trigger, and I'm going to put… — Debbie Reynolds Copy Share Image
It's a really dark, emotionally wrenching world that we've created on 'The Walking Dead.' — Laurie Holden Copy Share Image
Ireland starts for me with the end of 'The Dead,' which my father read to me from his desk in his basement office in… — John Jeremiah Sullivan Copy Share Image
I intend to do the Penn & Teller show until they pry my cheesy magic wand from my cold dead fingers. — Penn Jillette Copy Share Image
'Misery' left a lasting mark on me. When I die, it will be 'Kathy 'Misery' Bates Is Dead.' — Kathy Bates Copy Share Image
Must whales and dolphins be subjected to deafening noise that will cause more than 3.5 million instances of temporary and/or permanent hearing loss? For… — Pierce Brosnan Copy Share Image
I think I probably have the philosophy of a poor man. You know, like maybe I'd steal the pennies off a dead man's eyes. — John Cassavetes Copy Share Image
Osama Bin Laden is dead. Killed not by a massive troop deployment but by a commando raid carried out by a few dozen highly… — Richard Engel Copy Share Image
We have to start processing what we're really made of in America. American character is not dead. American integrity and honesty are not dead.… — Josh Fox Copy Share Image
