"Art, art of any kind, shows that folks…" — Walter Kirn

"Art, art of any kind, shows that folks are trying."

— Walter Kirn

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51 Quotes by Walter Kirn

Walter Kirn has 51 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

Short stories are fiction's R & D department, and failed or less-than-conclusive experiments are not just to be expected but…
The lines we draw that make us who we are are potent by virtue of being non-negotiable, and even, at…
Memo to extreme partisans: If you can't bring yourselves to love your enemies, can you at least learn to hate…
Some strangers become more important to you than family, maybe because you're not expected to love them. You can leave…
Reason leavened with a little wit (if possible) is the real alternative to hate speech, meaning that there's no better…
A writer turns his life into material, and if you’re in his life, he uses yours, too.
In the age of networked everything, life moves sideways and covers lots of ground while barely touching the earth..
At the beginning of a novel, a writer needs confidence, but after that what's required is persistence. These traits sound…
Spirit was a by-product of activity, like the reflection from a spinning fan blade, and our souls in the end…
Most writers' view of the New West is either phony - obsessed with the same tired mythology - or it's…
The market is the only critic that matters.
The best critic needn't be right, just interesting.

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