10 Quotes by Karl Kraus about writing
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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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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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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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Someone who can write aphorisms should not fritter away his time in essays.
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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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A journalist is stimulated by a deadline. He writes worse when he has time
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What is a historian? Someone who doesn't write well enough to work on a daily.
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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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