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Iris Murdoch Quotes about Writing

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Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's luck.

Iris Murdoch
Marriage, Women, Writing
Iris Murdoch (2003). “The Black Prince”, p.29, Penguin

Every book is the wreck of a perfect idea.

Iris Murdoch
Book, Writing, Ideas
Iris Murdoch (2003). “The Black Prince”, p.156, Penguin

Good writing is full of surprises and novelties, moving in a direction you don't expect.

Iris Murdoch
Moving, Writing, Novelty
Iris Murdoch (2003). “From a Tiny Corner in the House of Fiction: Conversations with Iris Murdoch”, p.134, Univ of South Carolina Press

The sending of a letter constitutes a magical grasp upon the future.

Iris Murdoch
Writing, Letters
Iris Murdoch (2008). “The Philosopher's Pupil”, p.422, Random House

Reading and writing and the preservation of language and its forms and the kind of eloquence and the kind of beauty which the language is capable of is terribly important to the human beings because this is connected to thought.

Iris Murdoch
Reading, Writing, Important
"Fictional character: Iris Murdoch". "Iris", www.imdb.com. 2001.

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