Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Edward Abbey Quotes: A writer must be hard to live with: when not working he is miserable, and when he is working he is obsessed.
         

A writer must be hard to live with: when not working he is miserable, and when he is working he is obsessed.


Edward Abbey
Check all other quotes by Edward Abbey

Want to display this quote image on your website or blog? Simply copy and paste the below code on your website/blog.

Embed:

Format of this image is jpg. The width and height of image are 1200 and 630, repectively. This image is available for free to download.





Citation

Use the citation below to add this quote to your bibliography:


Styles:

×

MLA Style Citation


"Edward Abbey Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Fri. 29 Mar. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/A-writer-must-be-hard-to-live-543947>.





Check out


Other quotes of Edward Abbey


To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious. But the stupid have an answer for every question.

To the intelligent man or woman, life appears infinitely mysterious. But the stupid have an answer for every question.



The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.

The duty of a patriot is to protect his country from its government.



May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.

May your trails be crooked, winding, lonesome, dangerous, leading to the most amazing view. May your mountains rise into and above the clouds.



I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.

I hold no preference among flowers, so long as they are wild, free, spontaneous.



Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.

Society is like a stew. If you don't stir it up every once in a while then a layer of scum floats to the top.



A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.

A patriot must always be ready to defend his country against his government.



Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.

Growth for the sake of growth is the ideology of the cancer cell.



Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.

Civilization is a youth with a molotov cocktail in his hand. Culture is the Soviet tank or L.A. cop that guns him down.



Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.

Wilderness is not a luxury but a necessity of the human spirit.



There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.

There is science, logic, reason; there is thought verified by experience. And then there is California.





Other quotes you may like


Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends

Life is very short, and there's no time for fussing and fighting my friends



The error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute for experience, while the error of age is to believe experience is a substitute for intelligence.

The error of youth is to believe that intelligence is a substitute for experience, while the error of age is to believe experience is a substitute for intelligence.



Shyness is just egoism out of its depth.

Shyness is just egoism out of its depth.



Nathanial can show me how to better control the change, but even so, you never have to worry about me turning into a cat again. Didn't you know, I'm allergic to cats.

Nathanial can show me how to better control the change, but even so, you never have to worry about me turning into a cat again. Didn't you know, I'm allergic to cats.



I have come to know the mutability of all human relationships and have learned to insulate myself against both heat and cold so that a temperature balance is fairly well assured.

I have come to know the mutability of all human relationships and have learned to insulate myself against both heat and cold so that a temperature balance is fairly well assured.



Ever since they found out that Lassie was a boy, the public has believed the worst about Hollywood

Ever since they found out that Lassie was a boy, the public has believed the worst about Hollywood



I really don't like to lose.

I really don't like to lose.



You will only find the happiness you seek when you drop your negative attitude towards life, embrace life and be happy.

You will only find the happiness you seek when you drop your negative attitude towards life, embrace life and be happy.



Thoughts rule the world.

Thoughts rule the world.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "A writer must be hard to live with: when not working he is miserable, and when he is working he is obsessed.". Author of this quote is Edward Abbey. This quote is about obsessed, miserable, hard,.