A Quote by Mario Vargas Llosa

Writers are the exorcists of their own demons.

Mario Vargas Llosa

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Mario Vargas Llosa
Peruvian - Novelist
Born: March 28, 1936

Our demons are our own limitations, which shut us off from the realization of the ubiquity of the spirit . . . each of these demons is conquered in a vision quest.

Joseph Campbell

We are hunting the demons that haunt others. We get a smell and off we go. And you know why, Sunil? You know why we are so good at hunting the demons of others? Because we are so good, gifted even, at stalking and evading our own. But all demons hunters think that they are really heroes, and you know what all heroes need?

Chris Abani

I think we all have demons, but my demons aren't that bad. They're productive demons. They keep me focused on the man I want to be and the life I want to live.

Steve Kazee

Don't fight your demons. Your demons are here to teach you lessons. Sit down with your demons and have a drink and a chat and learn their names and talk about the burns on their fingers and scratches on their ankles. Some of them are very nice.

Charles Bukowski

Prison always has been a good place for writers, killing, as it does, the twin demons of mobility and diversion

Dan Simmons

The fierce and partial writers of the times, ascribing all virtue to themselves, and imputing all guilt to their adversaries, have painted the battle of the angels and the demons.

Edward Gibbon

I suppose most writers are following Twain's advice to tackle what they know, and my own readings habits drew me to writers who seemed to be writing honestly from their own experiences, whether they presented it in the guise of fiction or not.

Kevin Keck

I too have my own demons, and I have struggled. I've made my own mistakes, and I'm not proud of them.

Michael Bergin

That 'writers write' is meant to be self-evident. People like to say it. I find it is hardly ever true. Writers drink. Writers rant. Writers phone. Writers sleep. I have met very few writers who write at all.

Renata Adler

Movie people are possessed by demons, but a very low form of demons.

Edna O'Brien

When he was very excited, [John Singer] Sargent would rush at his canvas with his brush poised for attack, yelling, 'Demons, demons, demons!' When he was particularly angry or frustrated, he expressed these feelings with 'Damn,' the only curse he allowed himself. He once had the expletive inscribed on a rubber stamp so he could have the satisfaction of pounding it on a piece of paper.

Deborah Davis

In my experience, most players act the way they do in their own self-interest, in getting their emotions out and basically working with their own demons on court.

Johanna Konta

Whoever prays for those who hurt him lays the demons low; but he who opposes his affronter is bound to the demons.

Marcus Eremita

Men who fear demons see demons everywhere.

Brom

There aren't demons flying around with horns, people are demons.

Chuck Schuldiner

I believe you have to write every day–make the time. It’s about having an organized mind instead of a chaotic and untidy one. There is a myth that writers are bohemian and do what they like in their own way. Real writers are the most organized people on the planet. You have to be. You’re doing the work and running your own business as well. It’s an incredibly organized state. [Also reading]…one of the things reading does do is discipline your mind. There are no writers who are not readers.

Jeanette Winterson

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