"one does not only wish to be..." - Quote by Friedrich Nietzsche
one does not only wish to be understood when one writes; one wishes just as surely not to be understood.
More by Friedrich Nietzsche
“When somebody dies we usually need reasons for consolation, not so much to alleviate our pain as to excuse ourselves for so readily feeling consoled.”
“In order for once to get a glimpse of our European morality from a distance, in order to compare it with other earlier or future moralities, one must do as the traveller who wants to know the height of the towers of a city: he leaves the city.”
“Silence is worse; all truths that are kept silent become poisonous.”
More on Communication
“Good intentions are invariably ungrammatical.”
“I served with General Washington in die Legislature of Virginia...and...with Doctor Franklin in Congress. I never heard neither of them speak ten minutes at a time, nor to any but the main point.”
“Don't expect people to abide by your rules if you don't clearly communicate what they are. And don't expect them to live by your rules if you're not willing to compromise and live by at least some of theirs.”
More on Writing
“So, you know, I think any life has in it enough material, enough points of departure, to fuel a writer's career and that we shouldn't worry about what we're not but to try to focus on what we are and what we do know.”
“When I write, I tend to twist my hair. Something for my small mind to do, I guess.”
“The physical business of writing is unpleasant to me, but the psychic satisfaction of discharging bad ideas in worse English makes me forget it.”