Writing and Reading Decrease Our Sense of Isolation by Anne Lamott | Writing Quote

Writing and Reading Decrease Our Sense of Isolation

by Anne Lamott

 

 Writing and reading decrease our sense of isolation. They deepen and widen and expand our sense of life: they feed the soul. When writers make us shake our heads with the exactness of their prose and their truths, and even make us laugh about ourselves or life, our buoyancy is restored. We are given a shot at dancing with, or at least clapping along with, the absurdity of life, instead of being squashed by it over and over again. It’s like singing on a boat during a terrible storm at sea. You can’t stop the raging storm, but singing can change the hearts and spirits of the people who are together on that ship.

 

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Anne Lamott (born April 10, 1954) is an American novelist and non-fiction writer. She is also a progressive political activist, public speaker, and writing teacher. Lamott is based in Marin County, California. Her nonfiction works are largely autobiographical. Lamott's writings, marked by their self-deprecating humor and openness, cover such subjects as alcoholism, single-motherhood, depression, and Christianity. Wikipedia

Born: April 10, 1954; San Francisco, California, United States

Occupation: Novelist non-fiction writer essayist memoirist 

Nationality: American 

Genre: Drama, humor, literary fiction, Reviews

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How Writers Learn to Write | Writer's Wisdom

 

How Writers Learn to Write

 

 It is surely obvious that the only way to learn how to write is—to write. The only way to learn how to do anything is to try until the secret is conquered, and the more difficult the feat or art the longer you must be an apprentice.

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Talented or Skilful Enough to Write by Orson Scott Card | Writing Quote

Talented or Skilful Enough to Write

by Orson Scott Card

 

 The danger that keeps me just a little frightened with every book I write, however, is that I'll overreach myself once too often and try to write a story that I'm just plain not talented or skilful enough to write. That's the dilemma every storyteller faces. It is painful to fail. But it is far sadder when a storyteller stops wanting to try.

— Orson Scott

 

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Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is the first and only person to win both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for both his novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card co-produced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2003).  Wikipedia
 

Born: 1951, Richland, WA
Spouse: Kristine Allen
Children: Emily Janice Card, Charles Benjamin Card, Zina Margaret Card, and more
Siblings: Arlen Card

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Good Writers Can See Stories by Orson Scott Card | Writing Quote

Good Writers Can See Stories

by Orson Scott Card

 

 Everybody walks past a thousand story ideas every day. The good writers are the ones who see five or six of them. Most people don’t see any.

— Orson Scott

 

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Orson Scott Card is an American writer known best for his science fiction works. He is the first and only person to win both a Hugo Award and a Nebula Award in consecutive years, winning both awards for both his novel Ender's Game and its sequel Speaker for the Dead (1986). A feature film adaptation of Ender's Game, which Card co-produced, was released in 2013. Card also wrote the Locus Fantasy Award-winning series The Tales of Alvin Maker (1987–2003).  Wikipedia
 

Born: 1951, Richland, WA
Spouse: Kristine Allen
Children: Emily Janice Card, Charles Benjamin Card, Zina Margaret Card, and more
Siblings: Arlen Card

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Fiction is Truth by Albert Camus | Writing Quote

 

Fiction is Truth

by Albert Camus

 

Fiction is the lie through which we tell the truth.

--Albert Camus

 

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 Albert Camus was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, and journalist. He was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. His works include  The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall, and The Rebel.  Wikipedia

Born: November 7, 1913, Drean, Algeria
Died: January 4, 1960, Villeblevin, France
Spouse: Francine Faure (m. 1940–1960) and Simone Hie (m. 1934–1940)
Parents: Catherine Hélène Sintés and Lucien Auguste Camus

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Purpose of a Writer by Albert Camus | Writing Quote

Purpose of a Writer 

by Albert Camus

 

The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.

--Albert Camus

 

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 Albert Camus was a French philosopher, author, dramatist, and journalist. He was the recipient of the 1957 Nobel Prize in Literature at the age of 44, the second-youngest recipient in history. His works include  The Stranger, The Plague, The Myth of Sisyphus, The Fall, and The Rebel.  Wikipedia

Born: November 7, 1913, Drean, Algeria
Died: January 4, 1960, Villeblevin, France
Spouse: Francine Faure (m. 1940–1960) and Simone Hie (m. 1934–1940)
Parents: Catherine Hélène Sintés and Lucien Auguste Camus

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The Beautiful Part of Writing by Robert Cormier | Writing Quote

 

The Beautiful Part of Writing by Robert Cormier

 

The beautiful part of writing is that you don't have to get it right the first time, unlike, say, a brain surgeon.

--Robert Cormier

 

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 Robert Edmund Cormier (January 17, 1925 – November 2, 2000) was an American author and journalist, known for his deeply pessimistic novels, many of which were written for young adults. Recurring themes include abuse, mental illness, violence, revenge, betrayal, and conspiracy. In most of his novels, the protagonists do not win. Wikipedia

Died: November 2, 2000 (aged 75); Boston, Massachusetts, U.S
Born: January 17, 1925; Leominster, Massachusetts, U.S

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