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Famous Leonard Cohen Quotes
“The fact that my songs take a long time to write is no guarantee of their excellence.”
“It's four in the morning, the end of december I'm writing you now just to see if you're better.”
“Poetry is just the evidence of life. If your life is burning well, poetry is just the ash.”
“I don't think you can write novels on the road. You need a certain stability.”
Source: Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen
“I didn't want to write for pay. I wanted to be paid for what I write.”
“The cutting of the gem has to be finished before you can see whether it shines.”
Source: Leonard Cohen on Leonard Cohen
“My page was too white My ink was too thin The day wouldn't write What the night pencilled in.”
“I have to finish it in order to know whether it deserves to survive.”