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Quote by Raymond Radiguet

“We should imitate the great classics. We would miss, and that miss would be our originality.”

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Raymond Radiguet was a French novelist, born on June 18, 1903, and died on December 12, 1923. His works are known for their unique style and profound depiction of youth. more

“The idea for each of the stories in this book came in a moment of belief and was written in a burst of faith, happiness, and optimism. Those positive feelings have their dark analogues, however, and the fear of failure is a long way from the worst of them. The worst - for me, at least - is the gnawing speculation that I may have already said everything that I have to say, and am now only listening to the steady quacking of my own voice because the silence when it stops is just too spooky.”

Source: Nightmares & Dreamscapes

“I have found that a story leaves a deeper impression when it is impossible to tell which side the author is on.”

Writing Stories Found Sides Impossible Deeper Impression

Author:Leo Tolstoy

“Here's my answer to the very real existential crisis that grips me midway through everything I've ever tried to do: I think stories help us fight the nihilistic urges that constantly threaten to consume us.”

Thinking Writing Real Helping Stories Fighting Answers Crisis Urges Existential Existential Crisis Midway

Author:John Green

“An idea you have might not be original. But by creating a novel out of that idea you can make it original.”

Writing Ideas Might Novel Creating Originals

Author:Umberto Eco

“Part of my function as a writer is to dream awake. And that usually happens. If I sit down to write in the morning, in the beginning of that writing session and the ending of that session, I'm aware that I'm writing. I'm aware of my surroundings. It's like shallow sleep on both ends, when you go to bed and when you wake up. But in the middle, the world is gone and I'm able to see better.”

Ifs World Writing Ends Dream Happens Able Sleep Morning Gone Middle Bed Function Wake Up Awake Shallow Surroundings Session

Author:Stephen King

“Writing is hard work, and fun, and requires you to keep your backside in a chair when you would sometimes like to put it elsewhere. So the only wisdom is the advice to keep at it, I guess.”

Writing Sometimes Hard Fun Advice Hard Work Chairs Elsewhere Backsides

Author:Lois Lowry

“Go spit in the face of our inevitable obsolescence and finish your @#$&ng novel.”

Writing Faces Novel Inevitable Spit Obsolescence

Author:John Green

“Getting that first draft out is a horribly hard grind, but that (perversely) is where the joy of it lies.”

Writing Firsts Hard Joy Lying Grind

Author:Jonathan Stroud

“The single most important technique for making progress is to write ten words. Doesn't matter if you're badly stuck, or your day is completely jam-packed, or you're away from your computer - carry a small paper notebook and write a sentence of description while you're waiting on line at a coffee shop. I think of this as baiting a hook. Even if you have a few days in a row where nothing comes except those ten words, I find that as long as you have to think about the novel enough to write ten words, the chances are that more will come.”

“At the risk, then, of being shunned by some of my gloomier peers, I venture to tell you that writers work like demons, suffer greatly, and are also happy, in unmistakable ways, some of the time. If we had no knowledge of happiness, our novels wouldn't sufficiently resemble real life. Some of us are even made a little bit happy, on occasion, by the writing process itself. I mean, really, if there wasn't some sort of enjoyment to be derived, would any of us keep doing it?”

Ifs Way Writing Mean Littles Made Real Suffering Bits Process Novel Risk Little Bit Real Life Occasions Enjoyment Demon Peers Venture Writing Process

Author:Michael Cunningham

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