“In every man's writings, the character of the writer must lie recorded.”
Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881) Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
Goethe (1828).
1820s, Critical and Miscellaneous Essays (1827–1855)
“A man must pretend not to be a writer.”
Seventy Thousand Assyrians (1934)
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Shannon Stacey (1972) american writer
Source: Yours to Keep
“4301. Tailors and Writers must mind the Fashion.”
Thomas Fuller (writer) (1654–1734) British physician, preacher, and intellectual
Introductio ad prudentiam: Part II (1727), Gnomologia (1732)
“No man of any intelligence would pretend to know a female mind.”
Julia Quinn (1970) American novelist
Source: When He Was Wicked
“For a writer, life must be the focus that death illuminates daily.”
José Baroja (1983) Chilean author and editor
Source: Para un escritor la vida debe ser el foco que la muerte ilumina a diario.
Source: Zárate, Y. (2019). "José Baroja". En revista Momentos Ahora o nunca. Número 139. Tlaxcala, México; p. 24.
“I want to be an honest man and a good writer.”
James Baldwin (1924–1987) (1924-1987) writer from the United States
“a writer must always tell the truth (unless he's a journalist)”
Gore Vidal (1925–2012) American writer
Source: The American Presidency
“A writer must teach himself that the basest of all things is to be afraid.”
William Faulkner (1897–1962) American writer
Jorge Luis Borges (1899–1986) Argentine short-story writer, essayist, poet and translator, and a key figure in Spanish language literature
“Being photographed does not make a man a good writer. It doesn't make a man anything.”
Charles Bukowski (1920–1994) American writer