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The Writer's Life: Intimate Thoughts on Work, Love, Inspiration, and Fame from the Diaries of the World's Great Writers
PAUL AUSTER ¸ CHARLOTTE BRONTE ¸ WILLIAM S. BURROUGHS ¸ NOEL COWARD ¸ GUSTAVE FLAUBERT ¸ ANNE FRANK ¸ FRANZ KAFKA
Ambition. Fame. Sex. Envy. Gossip. Money. Death. They re all here, in this dazzling book of quotations--many of them previously unpublished--from the diaries, journals, and notebooks of the world s greatest writers. Arranged chronologically, from the fervent declarations of youth to the serene reflections of old age, The Writer's Life spans twenty-three countries and four centuries to observe the entire spectrum of the human condition, with particular attention to the joys and agonies of literary endeavor. Eloquent, candid, brimming with passion, insight and wit, the result is an invaluable resource for any writer--or for anyone seeking expert instruction in the art of being human.
On "I am going to write because I cannot help it."
--Charlotte Bronte
On "I dream that my face appears on a postage stamp."
--John Cheever
On "In petting there is no Mason-Dixon line."
--Delmore Schwartz
On keeping a "Writing a journal means that facing your ocean you are afraid to swim across it, so you attempt to drink it drop by drop."
--George Sand
HERMAN MELVILLE ¸ SYLVIA PLATH ¸ JAMES SALTER ¸ SAPPHIRE ¸ MARY SHELLEY ¸ HENRY DAVID THOREAU ¸ LEO TOLSTOY ¸ ALICE WALKER ¸ OSCAR WILDE
Ambition. Fame. Sex. Envy. Gossip. Money. Death. They re all here, in this dazzling book of quotations--many of them previously unpublished--from the diaries, journals, and notebooks of the world s greatest writers. Arranged chronologically, from the fervent declarations of youth to the serene reflections of old age, The Writer's Life spans twenty-three countries and four centuries to observe the entire spectrum of the human condition, with particular attention to the joys and agonies of literary endeavor. Eloquent, candid, brimming with passion, insight and wit, the result is an invaluable resource for any writer--or for anyone seeking expert instruction in the art of being human.
On "I am going to write because I cannot help it."
--Charlotte Bronte
On "I dream that my face appears on a postage stamp."
--John Cheever
On "In petting there is no Mason-Dixon line."
--Delmore Schwartz
On keeping a "Writing a journal means that facing your ocean you are afraid to swim across it, so you attempt to drink it drop by drop."
--George Sand
HERMAN MELVILLE ¸ SYLVIA PLATH ¸ JAMES SALTER ¸ SAPPHIRE ¸ MARY SHELLEY ¸ HENRY DAVID THOREAU ¸ LEO TOLSTOY ¸ ALICE WALKER ¸ OSCAR WILDE
304 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1997
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About the author
Carol Edgarian
17 books299 followersNew York Times bestselling author Carol Edgarian's novels include VERA, THREE STAGES OF AMAZEMENT and the international bestseller RISE THE EUPHRATES, winner of the ANC Freedom Prize.
Her articles and essays have appeared in many national magazines, and she co-edited the popular collection drawn from writers' diaries, The Writer's Life: Intimate Thoughts on Work, Love, Inspiration, and Fame.
Carol is co-founder of the non-profit Narrative (www.NarrativeMagazine.com), a leading digital publisher of fiction, poetry, ideas, and art, and she is founder of Narrative in the Schools, programs that provide free libraries and resources to teachers and students around the world.
Join Carol's mailing list for updates and more info at www.caroledgarian.com or, for all you fellow word-nerds, follow her popular Instagram show A Word, Please every week @cedgarian.
Carol lives with her family in Northern California.
Her articles and essays have appeared in many national magazines, and she co-edited the popular collection drawn from writers' diaries, The Writer's Life: Intimate Thoughts on Work, Love, Inspiration, and Fame.
Carol is co-founder of the non-profit Narrative (www.NarrativeMagazine.com), a leading digital publisher of fiction, poetry, ideas, and art, and she is founder of Narrative in the Schools, programs that provide free libraries and resources to teachers and students around the world.
Join Carol's mailing list for updates and more info at www.caroledgarian.com or, for all you fellow word-nerds, follow her popular Instagram show A Word, Please every week @cedgarian.
Carol lives with her family in Northern California.
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