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Greatest Writers Quotes
On literary genius, freedom, and getting work.
These quotes rank certain writers among the greatest to ever live, praising genius that shows up in character as much as in craft, and describing the best writers of an age as attuned to the mystery of existence.
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In sheer genius Pascal ranks among the very greatest writers who have lived upon this earth. And his genius was not simply artistic; it displayed itself no less in his character and in the quality of his thought.
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Some of the greatest writers in our industry can't get work.
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The greatest writers of this age... are aware of the mystery of our existence.
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For a writer, personal freedom is not so important. It is not individual freedom that guarantees the greatness of literature; otherwise, writers in democratic countries would be superior to all others. Some of the greatest writers wrote under dictatorship - Shakespeare, Cervantes.
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The greatest writers have been, at heart, parochial, provincial in their rootedness.
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Not being a natural songwriter... for me the appreciation of a great song and the writers came early on, growing up in a musical family. My dad got to sing songs by some of the greatest writers of all time, Rodgers and Hammerstein.
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