Form Quote by William Styron Download Open image “Writing is a form of self-flagellation.” — William Styron ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.2 out of 5 (8 ratings) Copy quoteShare Form Self Writing
Writing is the act of saying "I," of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying "listen to me, see it my way, change your… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Writing is not about self-expression; it is about putting words on paper. — Gordon Lish Copy Share Image
“Writing is not just a process of creation. It is also a process of self-discovery” — Cristina Istrati Copy Share Image
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“Writing allows a person to explore both physical reality and the internal workings of their mind. Writing places us in touch with our unconsciousness.… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
In many ways, writing is the act of saying 'I,' of imposing oneself upon other people, of saying, 'Listen to me, see it my… — Joan Didion Copy Share Image
Writing is a way of drifting within my own mind: almost a solitary process, so to speak. — Twinkle Khanna Copy Share Image
Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. — Don DeLillo Copy Share Image
Writing is a combination of being alert to your outer surroundings and alive to your inner reality. — Julia Cameron 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
“Perhaps, he thought, if I only think of this second, this moment, the train won't come at all. Think of the water, think of… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“Until that moment, although I’d had some trouble with his personality, I had not thought him totally lacking in perspicacity; now I was not… — William Styron Copy Share Image
Every writer since the beginning of time, just like other people, has been afflicted by what [a] friend of mine calls "the fleas of… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“Are there, as science fiction and Gnostic speculation imply, different species of time in the same world, 'good time' and enveloping folds of inhuman… — William Styron Copy Share Image
I felt the exultancy of a man just released from slavery and ready to set the universe on fire. — William Styron Copy Share Image
“date of the award approached, I would not have accepted at all. Depression is a disorder of mood, so mysteriously painful and elusive in… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“I actually shivered at the insincerity that gripped me as I spoke these words: their falseness was shameful. I was sure my coolness would… — William Styron Copy Share Image
It's fine therapy for people who are perpetually scared of nameless threats as I am most of the time — for jittery people. — William Styron Copy Share Image
“He was made uneasy by unbraked hilarity and by extremes of sorrow alike, especially the latter; he preferred life to sail along pleasantly and… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“One of the century’s most famous intellectual pronouncements comes at the beginning of The Myth of Sisyphus: “There is but one truly serious philosophical… — William Styron Copy Share Image
“The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis, and we'd have mighty dull literature if all the writers… — William Styron Copy Share Image
The Copa del Rey is a different competition. It is football in its purest form and is different from the continuity of the league. — Michael Laudrup Copy Share Image
We could form a government of national unity fighting corruption. The ordinary Afghan is sick and tired of it, because it's she or he… — Ashraf Ghani Copy Share Image
A lot of indigenous cultures are deeply involved in working with ancestor spirits, elemental spirits, and demons. Many of these cultures feel that, if… — Daniel Pinchbeck Copy Share Image
Nothing old is ever reborn but neither does it totally disappear. And that which has once been born, will always reappear in a new… — Alvar Aalto Copy Share Image
The purpose of this book is to supply, in the form suitable for laymen, guidance in the adoption and execution of an investment policy. — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
Clear moments are so short. There is much more darkness. More ocean than terra firma. More shadow than form. — Adam Zagajewski Copy Share Image
Broken by hardships, disappointments and tragedy, people can become discouraged and cynical. But lives can also be mended. Put back together well, they won't… — Steve Goodier Copy Share Image
The U.S.-Mexican border es un herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds. And before a scab forms it hemorrhages… — Gloria E. Anzaldúa Copy Share Image
He caught her, she fell, he caught her in his arms, he held her tightly unconscious of what he was doing. He held her… — Victor Hugo Copy Share Image
Why is wisdom so fair? Why is beauty so wise? Because all else is temporary, while beauty and wisdom are the only real and… — Vera Nazarian Copy Share Image
A dialogue is very important. It is a form of communication in which question and answer continue till a question is left without an… — Jiddu Krishnamurti Copy Share Image
I think it's useful to experience other types of dance and other cultures, and the life of a classical dancer these days is certainly… — Deborah Bull Copy Share Image
