“No one writes anything worth writing, unless he writes entirely for the sake of his subject.”
Source: The Art of Literature
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Arthur Schopenhauer 261
German philosopher 1788–1860Related quotes
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National Book Award Acceptance Speech (1957)
Context: When a poet is being a poet — that is, when he is writing or thinking about writing — he cannot be concerned with anything but the making of a poem. If the poem is to turn out well, the poet cannot have thought of whether it will be saleable, or of what its effect on the world should be; he cannot think of whether it will bring him honor, or advance a cause, or comfort someone in sorrow. All such considerations, whether silly or generous, would be merely intrusive; for, psychologically speaking, the end of writing is the poem itself.
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Regarding Knowledge & Wisdom, General
“If you can't write a decent short story because of the cold, write something else. Write anything.”
The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze (1934), A Cold Day
Context: If you can't write a decent short story because of the cold, write something else. Write anything. Write a long letter to somebody.