Quote of Jean-Paul Sartre - The function of a writer is...
Biography - Jean-Paul Sartre:
French philosopher, playwright and novelist.
Born: 1905 - Died: 1980
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: France
Born: 1905 - Died: 1980
Period:
20th century
Place of birth: France
The function of a writer is to call a spade a spade. If words are sick, it is up to us to cure them.
Translation
(French)
See also...
Quotes for: word
Words are but symbols for the relations of things to one another and to us; nowhere do they touch upon absolute truth.
Quotes for: writing
A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.
It's none of their business that you have to learn how to write. Let them think you were born that way.
For a long time now I have tried simply to write the best I can. Sometimes I have good luck and write better than I can.
I learned never to empty the well of my writing, but always to stop when there was still something there in the deep part of the well, and let it refill at night from the springs that fed it.
Quotes for: writer
It is a pity that one cannot see the learned entrails of authors so as to discover what they have eaten.
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