Nassim Nicholas Taleb Quotes about Writing

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Writing is the art of repeating oneself without anyone noticing.

Writing is the art of repeating oneself without anyone noticing.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Art, Writing, Oneself

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2010). “The Bed of Procrustes: Philosophical and Practical Aphorisms”, p.45, Random House

Most so-called writers keep writing and writing with the hope, some day, to find something to say.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Writing

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2016). “Incerto 4-Book Bundle: Fooled by Randomness The Black Swan The Bed of Procrustes Antifragile”, p.1751, Random House

If I ask you to write down the last 4 digits of your social security number, and then take you out to lunch and ask you how many dentists there are in Manhattan, there's going to be a high correlation between those two numbers. What happens is that the number psychologically makes you feel confident.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Writing, Two, Lunch

Further, in writing, I feel corrupt and unethical if I have to look up a subject in a library as part of the writing itself. This acts as a filter--it is the only filter. If the subject is not interesting enough for me to look it up independently, for my own curiosity or purposes, and I have not done so before, then I should not be writing about it at all, period. It does not mean that libraries (physical and virtual) are not acceptable; it means that they should not be the source of any idea.

Nassim Nicholas Taleb

Writing, Mean, Ideas

Nassim Nicholas Taleb (2012). “Antifragile: Things That Gain from Disorder”, p.15, Random House