#writers

If an army of monkeys were strumming on typewriters, they might write all the books in the British Museum. ↗

— Arthur Eddington

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The fact is that all writers create their precursors. Their work modifies our conception of the past, just as it is bound to modify the future. ↗

— Jorge Luis Borges

#conception #create #fact #future #just

Working on a play is a vibrant and collaborative business. Everyone from the choreographer to the music director to the director to the writers work together toward the same goal, and everyone chimes in on everything. ↗

— Trey Anastasio

#choreographer #collaborative #director #everyone #everything

Live action writers will give you a structure, but who the hell is talking about structure? Animation is closer to jazz than some kind of classical stage structure. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#action #animation #classical #closer #give

France is not poetic; she even feels, in fact, a congenital horror of poetry. Among the writers who use verse, those whom she will always prefer are the most prosaic. ↗

— Charles Baudelaire

#among #even #fact #feels #france

Of all the ways of acquiring books, writing them oneself is regarded as the most praiseworthy method. Writers are really people who write books not because they are poor, but because they are dissatisfied with the books which they could buy but do not like. ↗

— Walter Benjamin

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I was very pleased, obviously, to have outsold such great writers. But I'm not insane - I do realize that I am a popular writer who people buy to take on vacation. ↗

— Maeve Binchy

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I'm pleased to have outsold great writers. But I'm not insane - I realize I am a writer people buy to take on vacation. ↗

— Maeve Binchy

#buy #great #i #i am #insane

American writers ought to stand and live in the margins, and be more dangerous. ↗

— Don DeLillo

#american writers #dangerous #live #margins #more

I think more than writers, the major influences on me have been European movies, jazz, and Abstract Expressionism. ↗

— Don DeLillo

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