hemingwaywantabes

Looking for some zesty quotes, hemingwaywantabes? Well, look no further than the terrific biography of legendary writer Thomas Wolfe by Andrew Turnbull. Here are some examples:

“The creative life is often a groping, a terrible stumbling until the artist finds himself doing what his subconcious has demanded all along.”

“The most reckless people, I believe, are those who never gamble at all.”

“Tenacity is one of the chief elements of talent – without it there is little damn talent, no matter what they say.”

“You can change your skies but not your souls.” (Horace)

“What is required of a writer – integrity of purpose, a spiritual intensity, and a final expenditure of energy that most people in the world have no conception of.”

Wow, good stuff, right. And here’s another quote I read recently. Can’t recall who said it. Perhaps you can help me:

“If you can’t be great, at least be interesting.”