Insight Ias Quotes & Sayings

What would you be like if you were the only person in the world? If you want to be truly happy you must be that person. — Quentin Crisp

In the greatest fiction, the writer's moral sense coincides with his dramatic sense, and I see no way for it to do this unless his moral judgement is part of the very act of seeing, and he is free to use it. I have heard it said that belief in Christian dogma is a hindrance to the writer, but I myself have found nothing further from the truth. Actually, it frees the storyteller to observe. It is not a set of rules which fixes what he sees in the world. It affects his writing primarily by guaranteeing his respect for mystery ... — Flannery O'Connor

Self-consciousness can destroy a performance. Getting rid of that is always good. — Joe Dempsie

There was nothing to do but wait. It is always like this for naturalists, and for poets
the long hours of travel and preparation, and then the longer hours of waiting. All for that one electric, pulse-revving vision when the universe suddenly declares itself. — Diane Ackerman

Writing is not life, but I think that sometimes it can be a way back to life. — Stephen King

The Truth refreshes the soul. And revive the spirit. — Lailah Gifty Akita

Heroes in books should be so much better than heroes got up for the world's common wear and tear — Anthony Trollope

It's funny because you know the novel process: you get the drafts, you get the galley, and then you get the galley proofs. You have opportunities to change things all along. But the further along in the process you go, the more careful you have to be in making those changes, and the smaller the changes have to be. — Greg Rucka

Byron!" exclaimed the little man. "Really? Dear me! Mad, and a friend of Lord Byron!" He sounded as if he did not know which was worse. — Susanna Clarke