“I’m not interested in writing short stories. Anything that doesn’t take years of your life and drive you to suicide hardly seems worth doing.”
~ Cormac McCarthy, b. 20 July 1933
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Jean Cocteau (b. July 5): “When I write, I disturb.”
5 Jul
“When I write, I disturb. When I show a film, I disturb. When I exhibit my painting, I disturb, and I disturb if I don’t. I have a knack for disturbing.”
~ Jean Cocteau, b. 5 July 1889
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Franz Kafka (b. July 3): “Writing is utter solitude…”
3 Jul
“Writing is utter solitude, the descent into the cold abyss of oneself.”
~ Franz Kafka, b. 3 July 1883
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Chris Isaak (b. June 26): “The more hurtin’ the music was, the better it made me feel.”
26 Jun
“The more hurtin’ the music was, the better it made me feel. I think of that now when I write my songs. I may not be feelin’ the blues myself, but I’m writing them for other people who have a hard life.”
~ Chris Isaak, b. 26 June 1956
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Yann Martel (b. June 25): “Art is a gift: you create and then you give away.”
25 Jun
“Art is a gift: you create and then you give away. How readers receive that gift is their business. If they hate it, that’s their response to it. Others respond by liking it. Either way, that is their interaction with the book, which is no longer mine.”
~ Yann Martel, b. 25 June 1963
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Lawrence Block (b. June 24): “Persistence is an essential part of a writer’s job description.”
24 Jun
“I think persistence in the face of adversity is an essential part of a writer’s job description. If you don’t care enough about it to avoid being easily disheartened that way, you really should be doing something else.”
~ Lawrence Block, b. 24 June 1938
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Michael Chabon (b. May 24): “To become a successful novelist, you need talent, luck and discipline…”
24 May
“You need three things to become a successful novelist: talent, luck and discipline. Discipline is the one element of those three things that you can control, and so that is the one that you have to focus on controlling, and you just have to hope and trust in the other two.”
~ Michael Chabon, b. 24 May 1963
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