If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.
Jules RenardRead
Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted.
Interpretation
Writing allows individuals to express themselves freely without interruptions.
This quote by Jules Renard highlights the power of writing as a form of communication that grants the writer the opportunity to convey thoughts and ideas uninterrupted. It emphasizes how writing serves as a unique platform for self-expression and reflection, enabling individuals to articulate their feelings and perspectives in a manner that might not be possible in spoken conversations.
In practice
During a seminar on creative writing, the quote can be used to encourage participants to embrace their unique voices.
If one were to build the house of happiness, the largest space would be the waiting room.
When I think of all the books still left for me to read, I am certain of further happiness.
It doesn't pay to say too much when you are mad enough to choke. For the word that stings the deepest is the word that is never spoke, Let the other fellow wrangle till the storm has blown away, then he'll do a heap of thinking about the things you didn't say.
Literature is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to people who have none
I have no religion,β says Borneau, βbut I respect the religion of others. Religion is sacred.β Why this privilege, this immunity?... A believer creates God in his own image; if he is ugly, his God will be morally ugly. Why should moral ugliness be respectable?
If I had my life to live over again, I would ask that not a thing be changed, but that my eyes be opened wider.
Art is enchantment and artists have the right of spells.
You should make something. You should bring something into the world that wasn't in the world before. It doesn't matter what it is. It doesn't matter if it's a table or a film or gardening-everyone should create. You should do something, then sit back and say, 'I did that.'
"Music, for me, has always been a place where anything is possible--a refuge, a magical world where anyone can go, where all kinds of people can come together, and anything can happen. We are limited only by our imaginations.
Whether I make them or not, there are always sounds to be heard and all of them are excellent.
I canβt write five words but that I change seven.
To have great poets, there must be great audiences.
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