Hemingway and Great Quotes
Posted by Mark Shaw on May 13, 2009
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.”
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