Leo Tolstoy Quotes, Suicide Quotes, Writing Quotes

Nothing prevents our denying life by suicide. well then, kill yourself, and you won't discuss. If life displeases you, kill yourself! You live, and cannot understand the meaning of life - then finish it, and do not fool about in life, saying and writing that you do not understand it. You have come into good company where people are contented and know what they are doing; if you find it dull and repulsive - go away!

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To be successful in writing, use short sentences.

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Companions the creator seeks, not corpses, not herds and believers. Fellow creators the creator seeks -- those who write new values on new tablets. Companions the creator seeks, and fellow harvesters; for everything about him is ripe for the harvest.

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To write prescriptions is easy, but to come to an understanding with people is hard.

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All my life I've looked at words as though I were seeing them for the first time.

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The epitaph that I would write for history would say: I conceal nothing. It is not enough not to lie. One should strive not to lie in a negative sense by remaining silent.

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Writing is a hard business...but nothing makes you feel better.

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My writing always came out of a very personal place, out of an attempt to stay sane.

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Nothing flatters me more than to have it assumed that I could write prose, unless it be to have it assumed that I once pitched a baseball with distinction.

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Write hard and clear about what hurts.

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People’s good deeds we write in water. The evil deeds are etched in brass.

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Every essay - the subject matter of every essay - is ultimately about the essayist; him or herself. That ultimately, every essayist is writing about his or her view of the world.

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Books are never finished, They are merely abandoned.

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An author values a compliment even when it comes from a source of doubtful competency.

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I sent American troops to Iraq to make its people free, not to make them American. Iraqis will write their own history and find their own way.

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There is a mystery in all great writing and that mystery does not dissect out. It continues and is always valid.

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I primarily write nonfiction. Research, reflection, and spending time with ideas are important to me. So, this is how I spend most of my time writing - in thought.

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In good writing, words become one with things.

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I hate commas in the wrong places.

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I write what I call 'novels of consolation' for people who are bright and sophisticated.

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