A Quote by Marianne Moore

Writing is an undertaking for the modest.

Marianne Moore

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Modest Undertaking Writing

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Marianne Moore
American - Poet
November 15, 1887 - February 5, 1972

I began writing and became attached to writing at an early age. I began by writing poetry and experimenting with dialogues: modest plays, in other words. I also used to describe at great length the way people in the area lived.

Hassan Blasim

I thought if I was lucky it would be a nice, modest-sized, modest-budgeted film that would be a modest success. And then something happened.

David Heyman

Writing a book is quite an undertaking and I wouldn't want to do it just to do it.

Laverne Cox

No, absolutely not, writing doesn't have to be like a jigsaw puzzle, it can be a very linear undertaking.

Guillermo Cabrera Infante

Writing a book is not a small undertaking, but God placed it on my heart to trust Him with such a project.

Benjamin Watson

Writing laws based on an abstract theory, rather than reality, is a dangerous undertaking.

Elizabeth Warren

I suppose directing on set is the most fun because it's a good crack and you feel you're on the battlefield whereas writing is a fairly solitary undertaking.

Guy Ritchie

Writing a really general parser is a major but different undertaking, by far the hardest points being sensitivity to context and resolution of ambiguity.

Graham Nelson

For me, writing is inseparable from thinking. I could say the entire undertaking is a vast cerebral construct against my demons. It's the thing that I love. It's my identity.

Kathryn Harrison

I will not be modest. Humble, as much as you like, but not modest. Modesty is the virtue of the lukewarm.

Jean-Paul Sartre

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.

Winston Churchill

Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.