Peter De Vries Quotes About Writing

Quotes about: Writing

• I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning.

  Peter De Vries

  Life, Morning, Inspiration

• I love being a writer. What I can't stand is the paperwork.

  Peter De Vries

  Work, Writing, Written Word

• Sometimes I write drunk and revise sober, and sometimes I write sober and revise drunk. But you have to have both elements in creation — the Apollonian and the Dionysian, or spontaneity and restraint, emotion and discipline.

  Peter De Vries

  Writing, Discipline, Drunk

  Peter De Vries (2014). “Reuben, Reuben: A Novel”, p.242, University of Chicago Press

• I tried to write worse but it was no good; my generalizations came out as before, each more exquisite than the last. I grew discouraged.

  Peter De Vries

  Writing, Lasts, Discouraged

  Peter De Vries (2014). “Comfort Me with Apples: A Novel”, p.24, Open Road Media

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