#rites

My idea is always to reach my generation. The wise writer writes for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

#critics #ever #generation #his #idea

The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable. ↗

— Nadine Gordimer

#answerable #comes #creative #creative act #eden

It was a secular cathedral, dedicated to the rites of travel. ↗

— Robert Hughes

#dedicated #rites #secular #travel

A very wise author once said that a writer writes for himself, and then publishes for money. I write for myself and publish just for the reader. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#himself #i #i write #just #money

I am the only British writer who writes in Spanish. ↗

— Guillermo Cabrera Infante

#british #i #i am #only #spanish

Viktor was swinging a leather duffle and wearing a black Adidas tracksuit and his favorite brown UGG slippers with a hole in the toe. "Worn and old, just like Viv," he'd say when Frankie made fun of them, and then his wife would swat him on the arm. But Frankie knew he was just joking, because Viveka was the type of woman you wished was in a magazine just so you could stare at her violet-colored eyes and shiny black hair without being called a stalker or a freak. ↗

— Lisi Harrison

#beauty #clothing #daughter #husband #joke

My son writes songs and plays. He sings like an angel. ↗

— Edie Brickell

#like #plays #sings #son #songs

I felt like I was a teacher. But nowadays, I am as much a student of his. He writes a lot of what we play. ↗

— Gary Burton

#felt #his #i #i am #like

One of my favorite poets, Neruda, writes close to the bone. Though I know only a little Spanish, I like to compare the Spanish and English lines and see how the translator worked. ↗

— Anita Diament

#close #compare #english #favorite #how

There are two sorts of hypocrites: ones that are deceived with their outward morality and external religion; and the others are those that are deceived with false discoveries and elevation; which often cry down works, and men's own righteousness, and. ↗

— Jonathan Edwards

#deceived #discoveries #down #elevation #external