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Quote by William H. Gass

“Getting even is one reason for writing.”

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William H. Gass, born on July 30, 1924, is an accomplished American novelist. His works are renowned for their unique style and profound philosophical insights, making him a significant figure in 20th-century American literature. more

“I will now claim - until dispossesed - that I was the first person in the world to apply the typewriter to literature. ... The early machine was full of caprices, full of defects- devilish ones. It had as many immoralities as the machine of today has virtues. After a year or two I found that it was degrading my character, so I thought I would give it to Howells. ... He took it home to Boston, and my morals began to improve, but his have never recovered.”

World Giving Years Firsts Persons Two Character Home Today Found Literature Moral Virtue Machines Claims Defects Boston First Person Typewriters Immorality Degrading Caprice Devilish

Author:Mark Twain

“If you feel yourself to be a full member in the world, you probably won't turn to writing, because other methods of communication, more direct methods, will strike you as being more available.”

Ifs World Feels Writing Turns Communication Members Direct Method Available Strikes

Author:Margot Livesey

“Get up very early and get going at once. In fact, work first and wash afterwards.”

Firsts Facts Get Up

Author:W. H. Auden

“The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him.”

People Writing Responsibility

Author:James A. Baldwin

“Very few people who met my adoptive mother in the last 20 years of her life could abide her, while many people who have seen my play find her fascinating. Heavens, what have I done?!”

People Years Done Play Lasts Mother Heaven Mets Crafts Fascinating

Author:Edward Albee

“We want to answer this classical question, who am I? So I think that most of our works are for art, or whatever we do, including science or religion, tried to answer that question.”

Thinking Want Art Answers Including

Author:Paulo Coelho

“Some years ago, not long after I moved to Los Angeles from New York, I attended a television industry party. When a man asked my profession, I told him that I was a writer. He sipped his drink. "Half-hour or hour?" he inquired. There was a long silence. "Lifelong," I replied.”

Men Years Long Hours Party Half Silence New York Television Industry Drink Years Ago Moved Profession Los Angeles Lifelong Half Hours Long Silence Television Industry

Author:Carol Muske-Dukes

“The real payoff is the writing itself, that a day when you have gotten your work done is a good day, that total dedication is the point.”

Writing Real Done Dedication Good Day Work Done Payoff

Book:Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

Source: Bird by Bird: Some Instructions on Writing and Life

“Keep your eye on your inner world and keep away from ads, idiots and movie stars.”

World Eye Stars Painter Idiot Movie Ads Movie Star Good Advice Inner World

Author:Dorothea Tanning

“You try to sit down at approximately the same time every day. This is how you train your unconscious to kick in for you creatively. ... You put a piece of paper in the typewriter, or you turn on your computer and bring up the right file. ... You begin rocking, just a little at first, and then like a huge autistic child. ... Then your mental illnesses arrive at the desk like your sickest, most secretive relatives. And they pull up chairs in a semicircle around the computer, and they try to be quiet but you know they are there with their weird coppery breath, leering at you behind your back.”

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