Quote of the Day
Authors Categories Blog Quote Maker Videos
 

Clive James Quotes: Writers quite often starve. And I'm mainly just writing critical prose and poetry, that's a formula for starvation.
         

Writers quite often starve. And I'm mainly just writing critical prose and poetry, that's a formula for starvation.


Clive James
Check all other quotes by Clive James

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


"Clive James Quotes." Quoteslyfe.com, 2024. Mon. 29 Apr. 2024. <https://www.quoteslyfe.com/quote/Writers-quite-often-starve-And-I-m-477687>.





Check out


Other quotes of Clive James


Whoever called snooker "chess with balls" was rude, but right.

Whoever called snooker "chess with balls" was rude, but right.



Snooker is just chess with balls.

Snooker is just chess with balls.



Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.

Common sense and a sense of humor are the same thing, moving at different speeds. A sense of humor is just common sense, dancing.



The British secret service was staffed at one point almost entirely by alcoholic homosexuals working for the KGB

The British secret service was staffed at one point almost entirely by alcoholic homosexuals working for the KGB



A sceptic finds Dallas absurd. A cynic thinks the public doesn't

A sceptic finds Dallas absurd. A cynic thinks the public doesn't



It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.

It is only when they go wrong that machines remind you how powerful they are.



A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all.

A life without fame can be a good life, but fame without a life is no life at all.



Fiction is life with the dull bits left out.

Fiction is life with the dull bits left out.



Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless nail.

Disco dancing is just the steady thump of a giant moron knocking in an endless nail.



They had a... dog called Bluey. A know psychopath, Bluey would attack himself if nothing else was available.

They had a... dog called Bluey. A know psychopath, Bluey would attack himself if nothing else was available.





Other quotes you may like


The world is on fire time is a bomb.Ten thousand years are not enoughWhen so much remains to be done

The world is on fire time is a bomb.Ten thousand years are not enoughWhen so much remains to be done




What do you most value in your friends? Their continued existence.

What do you most value in your friends? Their continued existence.



You can't build a great building on a weak foundation.

You can't build a great building on a weak foundation.



Change is REFINEMENT. Change is GROWTH. Change is MOVEMENT. Change is OPPORTUNITY.

Change is REFINEMENT. Change is GROWTH. Change is MOVEMENT. Change is OPPORTUNITY.



Jerusalem the Golden, With milk and honey blest, eneath thy contemplation Sink heart and voice oppressed.

Jerusalem the Golden, With milk and honey blest, eneath thy contemplation Sink heart and voice oppressed.



Developing countries like Malaysia should have a say in changing the world financial system since we have faced the problems that it has caused.

Developing countries like Malaysia should have a say in changing the world financial system since we have faced the problems that it has caused.



I think my soul is intact, but my methods of reaching people are completely different.

I think my soul is intact, but my methods of reaching people are completely different.



A system-grinder hates the truth.

A system-grinder hates the truth.



Piracy doesn't kill music, boy bands do.

Piracy doesn't kill music, boy bands do.




Quote Description


This page presents the quote "Writers quite often starve. And I'm mainly just writing critical prose and poetry, that's a formula for starvation.". Author of this quote is Clive James. This quote is about writing, starvation, prose and poetry, critical,.