10 Quotes by Karl Kraus about writing

  • Author Karl Kraus
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    Most critics write critiques which are by the authors they write critiques about. That would not be so bad, but then most authorswrite works which are by the critics who write critiques about them.

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  • Author Karl Kraus
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    Journalist: a person without any ideas but with an ability to express them; a writer whose skill is improved by a deadline: the more time he has, the worse he writes.

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  • Author Karl Kraus
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    When I don't make any progress, it is because I have bumped into the wall of language. Then I draw back with a bloody head. And would like to go on.

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    Journalists write because they have nothing to say, and have something to say because they write.

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    An idea's birth is legitimate if one has the feeling that one is catching oneself plagiarizing oneself.

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  • Author Karl Kraus
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    To write a novel may be pure pleasure. To live a novel presents certain difficulties. As for reading a novel, I do my best to get out of it.

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