#writers

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

#writers #writing #writers-on-writing

But the artist appeals to that part of our being which is not dependent on wisdom; to that in us which is a gift and not an acquisition— and, therefore, more permanently enduring. He speaks to our capacity for delight and wonder, to the sense of mystery surrounding our lives; to our sense of pity, and beauty, and pain; to the latent feeling of fellowship with all creation— and to the subtle but invincible conviction of solidarity that knits together the loneliness of innumerable hearts, to the solidarity in dreams, in joy, in sorrow, in aspirations, in illusions, in hope, in fear, which binds men to each other, which binds together all humanity— the dead to the living and the living to the unborn. ↗

— Joseph Conrad

#artists #writers #writing #art

Our tongues can’t compete with the rapid thinking of our brains, our words come out slow and slurred. The pen is our haven. There is a lot of fear buried into that little pen. It holds all of our agony, our torment, our blood and our heaven. ↗

— Coco J. Ginger

#fear #jamie-weise #love #passion #pen

Be passionate about what you write, believe in your ability to convey timeless ideas, and let no one tell you what what you're capable of. ↗

— Christina Westover

#books #censorship #christina-westover #freedom-of-the-press #passion

I love producing. My dream as a producer is to be able to build a company that can be a safe haven for artists, for directors and for writers and actors to do what they do best and let them have final edit. I'd like to build something to that effect. ↗

— Brittany Murphy

#artists #best #build #company #directors

My dream as a producer is to be able to build a company that can be a safe haven for artists, for directors and for writers and actors to do what they do best and let them have final edit. I'd like to build something to that effect. ↗

— Brittany Murphy

#artists #best #build #company #directors

It's a bit of a crapshoot out there with young writers right now anyway. ↗

— George Murray

#bit #crapshoot #now #out #right

Some writers can only deal with childhood experience, because it's complete. For another kind of writer, life goes on, and he's able to keep processing that as well. ↗

— V. S. Naipaul

#another #because #childhood #complete #deal

I've never seen a worse situation than that of young writers in the United States. The publishing business in North America is so commercialized. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#business #commercialized #i #never #north

Ironically, Latin American countries, in their instability, give writers and intellectuals the hope that they are needed. ↗

— Manuel Puig

#countries #give #hope #instability #intellectuals