Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes, Writing Quotes, Men Quotes

It has come to be practically a sort of rule in literature that a man, having once shown himself capable of original writing, is entitled thenceforth to steal from the writings of others at discretion.

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My intention was to write a chapter of the moral history of my country and I chose Dublin for the scene because that city seemed to me the centre of paralysis.

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The calligraphic letter is not entirely a letter, but something that sits between writing and music

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Now the writer, I think, has the chance to live more than other people in the presence of ... reality. It is his business to find it and collect it and communicate it to the rest of us.

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What is meant by calling the writings of Moses and the Prophets

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Cut out all these exclamation points. An exclamation point is like laughing at your own joke.

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The road to Hell is paved with unbought stuffed dogs.

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Teaching and writing have tended to proceed on parallel lines, but there have been times when there was indeed carry-over from the classroom to the creative work.

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At night, when the objective world has slunk back into its cavern and left dreamers to their own, there come inspirations and capabilities impossible at any less magical and quiet hour. No one knows whether or not he is a writer unless he has tried writing at night.

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It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice.

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I only write to understand myself better... I don't try to show how intelligent or how cultivated I am, I just try to share my soul. Sharing is part of life.

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I'd love to be an artist always, but if no one wants me, I'd love to write songs for other people, be a manager, nurture new talent.

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It's in the dictionary. And when I find what it is, I'll write it down in case it comes up again, I'll be certain to avoid it.

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What profession is more trying than that of author? After you finish a piece of work it only seems good to you for a few weeks; or if it seems good at all you are convinced that it is the last you will be able to write; and if it seems bad you wonder whether everything you have done isn’t poor stuff really; and it is one kind of agony while you are writing, and another kind when you aren’t.

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I think I'd been limiting myself in some ways just writing in first person all the time.

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Imagination is the real and eternal world of which this vegetable universe is but a faint shadow.

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Writing lyrics with your wife does lead to talking about yourselves a lot. But this is not an autobiographical account of my personal marriage. It's almost about the marriage of the band.

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Life takes its own turns, makes its own demands, writes its own story, and along the way, we start to realize we are not the author.

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Writing about people helps us to understand them, and understanding them helps us to accept them as part of ourselves.

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Is it our job to judge? The gendarme, policemen and bureaucrats have been especially prepared by fate for that job. Our job is towrite, and only to write.

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