What did Colm Toibin mean by: Writer’s block! It doesn’t exist. You just long for ideas to go away so you have an idea of peace. Colm Toibin Novelist · Ireland Copy
I have to write a first draft with a fountain pen before I type it up as a second. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Colm Toibin, Creativity, Process, Tradition, 0 Colm Toibin Novelist · Ireland
If you have to read to cheer yourself up, read biographies of writers who went insane. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Colm Toibin, Inspiration, Mental illness, Reading, 0 Colm Toibin Novelist · Ireland
John McGovern taught me that it’s OK to write repeatedly about the same things. Author, December 25, 2023January 1, 2025, Colm Toibin, Inspiration, Repetition, Writing, 0 Colm Toibin Novelist · Ireland
Make copies, young man, many copies. You can only become a good artist by copying the masters. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres Painter · France
An original artist is unable to copy. So he has only to copy in order to be original. Jean Cocteau Artist · France
This art, born of genius and good taste, can become beautiful and varied to an infinite degree. Jean-Georges Noverre Choreographer · France
