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A. Scott Berg Quote: “There is always a certain leap…”

There is always a certain leap of faith that editors have made with their nonfiction writers. If the trust is broken, things can get very embarrassing for the writers and the publisher.

December 12, 2019 1949, A. Scott Berg, American, December 4, Quotes by Historians

Langston Hughes Quote: “We Negro writers, just by being…”

We Negro writers, just by being black, have been on the blacklist all our lives. Censorship for us begins at the color line.

November 14, 2019 1902, American, February 1, Langston Hughes, Quotes by Poets

Kenneth Scott Latourette Quote: “The prophets and the writers of…”

The prophets and the writers of the Psalms were clear that God was continuing to work in the universe and in all history. They declared that He had created the universe.

September 26, 2019 1884, American, August 6, Kenneth Scott Latourette, Quotes by Historians

Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel Quote: “There are writers in Germany who…”

There are writers in Germany who drink the Absolute like water; and there are books in which even the dogs make references to the Infinite.

August 22, 2019 1772, German, Karl Wilhelm Friedrich Schlegel, March 10, Quotes by Poets

Ben Okri Quote: “Artists and writers have to deal…”

Artists and writers have to deal with the element that makes the real real and the dream real while you are dreaming it. That’s where stories and poems get their power.

July 18, 2019 1959, Ben Okri, March 15, Nigerian, Quotes by Poets

Wendy Cope Quote: “I think it’s a question which…”

I think it’s a question which particularly arises over women writers: whether it’s better to have a happy life or a good supply of tragic plots.

July 2, 2019 1945, English, July 21, Quotes by Poets, Wendy Cope

Antony Beevor Quote: “It was only after five years…”

It was only after five years in the army, when I was having to do a very boring job in a very boring place, that I thought: ‘Why not try writing a novel?’ partly out of youthful arrogance and partly because there had been a long line of writers in my mother’s family.

June 24, 2019 1946, Antony Beevor, British, December 14, Quotes by Historians

Mitchel Resnick Quote: “Our society expects that everyone should…”

Our society expects that everyone should learn to write, even though very few become professional writers. Similarly, I think that everyone should learn how to program, even though very few will become professional programmers.

June 18, 2019 1956, American, Mitchel Resnick, Quotes by Educators

Jesse Ball Quote: “As far as I can see…”

As far as I can see, the best writers in the last two hundred years have been Whitman, Rilke, Proust, Kafka. Their best works: ‘Leaves of Grass – 1855;’ ‘Duino Elegies;’ ‘The Captive & The Fugitive;’ ‘The Castle.’

June 1, 2019 1978, American, Jesse Ball, June 7, Quotes by Poets

Mary Oliver Quote: “Writers must… take care of the…”

Writers must… take care of the sensibility that houses the possibility of poems.

May 27, 2019 1935, American, Mary Oliver, Quotes by Poets, September 10

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