Iris Murdoch Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.

  Iris Murdoch

  Marriage, Women, Writing

  Iris Murdoch (2003). “The Black Prince”, p.29, Penguin

• Every book is the wreck of a perfect idea.

  Iris Murdoch

  Book, Writing, Ideas

  Iris Murdoch (2003). “The Black Prince”, p.156, Penguin

• The sending of a letter constitutes a magical grasp upon the future.

  Iris Murdoch

  Writing, Letters

  Iris Murdoch (2008). “The Philosopher's Pupil”, p.422, Random House

• Reading and writing and the preservation of language and its forms and the kind of eloquence and the kind of beauty which the language is capable of is terribly important to the human beings because this is connected to thought.

  Iris Murdoch

  Reading, Writing, Important

  "Fictional character: Iris Murdoch". "Iris", www.imdb.com. 2001.

• Good writing is full of surprises and novelties, moving in a direction you don't expect.

  Iris Murdoch

  Moving, Writing, Novelty

  Iris Murdoch (2003). “From a Tiny Corner in the House of Fiction: Conversations with Iris Murdoch”, p.134, Univ of South Carolina Press

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