Pat Schneider quotes
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“To grow in craft is to increase the bredth of what I can do, but art is the depth, the passion, the desire, the courage to be myself and myself alone.”
-- Pat SchneiderSource : Pat Schneider (2003). “Writing Alone and with Others”, p.22, Oxford University Press
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“If I tell you my character has grey hair, you will not see her. If I tell you she has a tiny scar at the upper left corner of her lip from which protrudes one grey whisker—you will make up the rest of her face with absolute clarity. If I tell you my character is waiting in a car, you won’t be ‘caught,’ but if I tell you he pushes his fingers down in the crack of the car seat where the ancient leather has pulled away from the seat frame, and pulls up a small coin purse with a faded note in it—you will be mine.”
-- Pat SchneiderSource : Pat Schneider (2003). “Writing Alone and with Others”, p.79, Oxford University Press, USA
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“And what is more generous than a window?”
-- Pat SchneiderSource : Pat Schneider (2013). “How the Light Gets In: Writing as a Spiritual Practice”, p.233, Oxford University Press
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“Even those truths that are painful will ultimately increase my wisdom, undergird my strength, make possible my art.”
-- Pat SchneiderSource : Pat Schneider (2003). “Writing Alone and with Others”, p.5, Oxford University Press, USA
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“Writing as an art form belongs to all people, regardless of economic class or educational level. . . . A writer is someone who writes.”
-- Pat SchneiderSource : Pat Schneider (2003). “Writing Alone and with Others”, p.206, Oxford University Press
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“Whether your purpose for writing is artistic expression, communication with friends and family, the healing of the inner life, or achieving public recognition for your art - the foundation is the same: the claiming of yourself as an artist/writer and the strengthening of your writing voice through practice, study, and helpful response from other writers.”
-- Pat SchneiderSource : Pat Schneider (2003). “Writing Alone and with Others”, p.22, Oxford University Press
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“When we neglect the artist in ourselves, there is a kind of mourning that goes on under the surface of our busy lives.”
-- Pat SchneiderSource : Pat Schneider (2003). “Writing Alone and with Others”, p.42, Oxford University Press
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“My spelling is Wobbly. It's good spelling but it Wobbles, and the letters get in the wrong places.”
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“The primary requisite for writing well about food is a good appetite.”
Source : A. J. Liebling (2005). “Just Enough Liebling: Classic Work by the Legendary New Yorker Writer”, p.27, Macmillan
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