The process of writing has something infinite about it. Even though it is interrupted each night, it is one single notation.
Interpretation
Writing is an endless process that, despite interruptions, forms a continuous expression of thought.
Elias Canetti suggests that writing is a boundless endeavor, where each session contributes to a greater whole, even if it is paused temporarily. This highlights the idea that all written works are part of an ongoing journey of expression and creativity, implying that every interruption does not sever the flow of thought but rather adds to its depth.
In practice
In a writing workshop, one might say, 'Remember, even if you take a break, your writing is still part of an infinite journey.'
The paranoiac is the exact image of the ruler. The only difference is their position in the world. One might even think the paranoiac the more impressive of the two because he is sufficient unto himself and cannot be shaken by failure.
People's fates are simplified by their names.
There is no such thing as an ugly language. Today I hear every language as if it were the only one, and when I hear of one that is dying, it overwhelms me as though it were the death of the earth.
Everything one records contains a grain of hope, no matter how deeply it may come from despair.
The profoundest thoughts of the philosophers have something trickle about them. A lot disappears in order for something to suddenly appear in the palm of the hand.
Travelling, one accepts everything; indignation stays at home. One looks, one listens, one is roused to enthusiasm by the most dreadful things because they are new. Good travellers are heartless.
I would wish my portraits to be of the people, not like them. Not having a look of the sitter, being them.
The Florida in my novels is not as seedy as the real Florida. It's hard to stay ahead of the curve. Every time I write a scene that I think is the sickest thing I have ever dreamed up, it is surpassed by something that happens in real life.
The arts can enrich all of us in this nation as individuals. The arts can enrich all of our communities and the country. And the arts can connect us to each other like nothing else can.
That part of Rostrevor which overlooks Carlingford Lough is my idea of Narnia.
It hardly seems worthwhile to point out the shortsightedness of those practitioners who would have us believe that the form of the poem is merely its shape.
I never want to see anyone, and I never want to go anywhere or do anything. I just want to write.
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