Warning: Undefined array key "visitor_referer_type" in /var/www/vhosts/wordinf.com/core/app/libraries/Core.php on line 98
Cyril Connolly - The more books we read, the clearer...
The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence. (Cyril Connolly)

The more books we read, the clearer it becomes that the true function of a writer is to produce a masterpiece and that no other task is of any consequence.

Cyril Connolly

Related topics

clearer consequence function masterpiece produce read task writer

Related quotes

He is no parasite on anything, whose work is real: a mechanic, a doctor, a builder, a tailor, a dishwasher. What, in comparison, does a writer produce? Semblances. This is a serious occupation? View quote
Stanisław Lem
I can give advice to anyone interested in writing in one word: Read! I think it's much more important to be a reader than to be a writer! View quote
Linda Sue Park
We read to understand, or to begin to understand. We cannot do but to read. Reading almost as much as breathing, is our essential function. View quote
Alberto Manguel
It has been a long time since philosophers have read men's souls. It is not their task, we are told. Perhaps. But we must not be surprised if they no longer matter much to us. View quote
Emil Cioran
It is the function of art to renew our perception. What we are familiar with we cease to see. The writer shakes up the familiar scene, and, as if by magic, we see a new meaning in it. View quote
Anaïs Nin