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Quote by Ella Maillart

“Words are impotent to describe certain emotions.”

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Ella Maillart, born on February 20, 1903, and died on March 27, 1997, was a renowned traveler and writer. Her works are known for their unique perspective and profound insight into Asian cultures. more

“My rule has been, so far as I could have any rule (I could have no cast-iron rule) - my rule has been, to write what I have to say the best way I can - then lay it aside - taking it up again after some time and reading it afresh - the mind new to it. If there's no jar in the new reading, well and good - that's sufficient for me.”

Ifs Way Writing Mind Wells Has Beens I Can Reading Lays Casts Best Way Sufficient Iron Jars

Book:Walt Whitman's Camden conversations

Source: Walt Whitman's Camden conversations

“Fiction is very important to me. It's what I do, it's what I do with my life.”

Writing Important Reality Fiction

Author:Theodore Sturgeon

“I submitted manuscripts to publishers. This was not so much a feeling that I should be published as a wish to escape the feared and hated drudgery of normal work.”

Should Writing Feelings Wish Normal Hated Publishers Manuscripts Drudgery

Author:Tanith Lee

“The beginning of a plot is the prompting of desire.”

Writing Desire Plot

Author:Christopher Lehmann-Haupt

“Writing isn't just on the page; it's voices in the reader's head. Read what you write out loud to someone-anyone-and you will catch all kinds of things.”

Writing Kind Voice Reader Pages All Kinds Loud

Author:Donna Jo Napoli

“A creative person has to be alive. He can't borrow from things he's done in the past. He can't let his method choose his subjects or his characters. They can't be warped to fit his style.”

Writing Persons Done Character Past Creative Alive Subjects Style Fit Method Creative Person

Author:John Steinbeck

“I can't imagine a mental life, a spiritual existence, not inextricably bound up with language of a formal, mediated nature. Telling stories, choosing an appropriate language with which to tell the story: This seems to me quintessentially human, one of the great adventures of our species.”

Writing Humans I Can Stories Seems Spiritual Language Existence Imagine Adventure Species Bounds Appropriate Formal Telling Stories Great Adventure

Author:Joyce Carol Oates

“Lindsay Doran goes round the table and introduces everyone - making it clear that I am present in the capacity of writer rather than actress, therefore no one has to be too nice to me.”

Writing Clear Nice Capacity Tables Rounds Actresses Introducing Too Nice

Book:Sense and Sensibility: The Screenplay & Diaries

Source: Sense and Sensibility: The Screenplay & Diaries

“The lives great artists live and the books they write are two very different things.”

Writing Two Book Different Artist Different Things Great Art Great Artist

Book:The Snow Queen: A Novel

Source: The Snow Queen: A Novel

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