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in writing, sex doesn't matter...

in writing, sex doesn't matter; it's the writing that matters.

Nadine Gordimer 120 quotes

when it comes to their essenti...

when it comes to their essential faculty as writers, all writers are androgynous beings.

Nadine Gordimer 120 quotes

It was a miracle; it was all a...

It was a miracle; it was all a miracle: and one ought to have known, from the sufferings of saints, that miracles are horror.

Nadine Gordimer 120 quotes

it's impossible to conquer all...

it's impossible to conquer all fear and loss by preparation. There are always sources of desolation that aren't taken into account because no one knows what they will be.

Nadine Gordimer 120 quotes

I never talk about what I'm wr...

I never talk about what I'm writing about currently, never. It's private work on your own, no need or obligation to talk about it. Writers are made into performers these days, including myself, but there are some instances in which I will not perform.

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Writers themselves don't analy...

Writers themselves don't analyze what they do; to analyze would be to look down while crossing a canyon on a tightrope.

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a writer doesn't only need the...

a writer doesn't only need the time when he's actually writing - he or she has got to have time to think and time just to let things work out. Nothing is worse for this than society. Nothing is worse for this than the abrasive, if enjoyable, effect of other people.

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In a certain sense a writer is...

In a certain sense a writer is 'selected' by his subject - his subject being the consciousness of his own era.

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I believe - I know (there are ...

I believe - I know (there are not many things I should care to dogmatize about, on the subject of writing) that writers need solitude, and seek alienation of a kind every day of their working lives. (And remember, they are not even aware when and when not they are working.) ... The tension between standing apart and being fully involved; that is what makes a writer.

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It's absolutely fatal to your ...

It's absolutely fatal to your writing to think about how your work will be received. It's a betrayal of whatever talent you have.

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The function of a writer is to...

The function of a writer is to make sense of life. It is such a mystery, it changes all the time, like the light.

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I have learned since that some...

I have learned since that sometimes the things we want most are impossible for us. You may long to come home, yet wander forever.

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Keenness of hearing revives wh...

Keenness of hearing revives when one is alone.

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Nothing fades so quickly as wh...

Nothing fades so quickly as what is unchanged.

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In various and different circu...

In various and different circumstances certain objects and individuals are going to turn out to be vital. The wager of survival cannot, by its nature, reveal which, in advance of events.

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Everyone ends up moving alone ...

Everyone ends up moving alone towards the self

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Art defies defeat by its very ...

Art defies defeat by its very existence, representing the celebration of life, in spite of all attempts to degrade and destroy it.

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Success sometimes may be defin...

Success sometimes may be defined as a disaster put on hold. Qualified. Has to be.

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It's easier for the former mas...

It's easier for the former masters to put aside the masks that hid their humanity than for the former slaves to recognise the faces underneath. Or to trust that this is not a new mask these are wearing.

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If I dreamt this, while walkin...

If I dreamt this, while walking, walking in the London streets, the subconscious of each and every other life, past and present, brushing me in passing, what makes it real? Writing it down.

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Кира Найтли на страницах журнала к выходу фильма «Пиджак», 2005. Следы динозавра, раскопанные в русле реки Палакси. Техас. США. 1952г. Самая большая женщина рядом с самым маленьким мужчиной, 1922 год....