Books
Quotes
Blog
Author Program
Sign In
Sign Up
What is the purpose of writing? For me personally, it is really to explain the mystery of life, and the mystery of life includes, of course, the personal, the political, the forces that make us what we are while there's another force from inside battling to make us something else.
— Nadine Gordimer
Tags: writing

Other Quotes by "Nadine Gordimer"

From Ernest Hemingway's stories, I learned to listen within my stories for what went unsaid by my characters.
— Nadine Gordimer
Tags: stories, learned, within, listen
The gap between the committed and the indifferent is a Sahara whose faint trails, followed by the mind's eye only, fade out in sand.
— Nadine Gordimer
Tags: eye, only, sand, mind
There is no moral authority like that of sacrifice.
— Nadine Gordimer
Tags: authority, like, moral, sacrifice
Responsibility is what awaits outside the Eden of Creativity.
— Nadine Gordimer
Tags: outside, creativity, responsibility
The creative act is not pure. History evidences it. Sociology extracts it. The writer loses Eden, writes to be read and comes to realize that he is answerable.
— Nadine Gordimer
Tags: sociology, realize, creative, history
View More by "Nadine Gordimer"
  • About
  • Contact Us
  • Terms and Conditions
  • Community Guidelines
  • Privacy Policy
© WSIRN 2025, Made with ❤ in Tokyo & Bali.