Monday, April 16, 2007

Young Writers


Unfortunately many young writers are more concerned with fame than with their own work... It's much more important to write than to be written about. ~Gabriel Garcia Marquez

8 comments:

Anonymous said...

Not familiar with Marquez (I did click on your link to his bio, though), but this is a wonderful quote.

We all would do well if we remembered this concept in all walks of life; humility.

Stephen A. Bess said...

I like this! Amen. Like Biko we should just write what we like.

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Anonymous said...

Good words. I love to write, but being famous is a dime a dozen. :)

polona said...

i agree, i agree! :)

Suzan Abrams, email: suzanabrams@live.co.uk said...

Maquez is right, Getzapped! So very right. And a real writer finds this truth along the way.
Hey, have you started your Writers' & Artists' series already? :-)

get zapped said...

lp- You said, it! Humility is a hard practice.

stephen- yeah, that's what I do with my art...

ruby- how cool! That's so sweet of you ;) I'll probably post it on get zen, since this is devoted to quotes.

brian- indeed!

polona- :]

susan-along the way...that's an excellent point. Maybe ;)

cosmic clown said...

Oh Get zapped....beautiful quote and very true.....:D
hats off to Marquez....:D