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Janet Malcolm Quotes By Janet Malcolm: The camera is simply not the supple and

The camera is simply not the supple and powerful instrument of description that the pen is. — Janet Malcolm

Janet Malcolm Quotes By Janet Malcolm: There are good photographers who might elevate themselves

There are good photographers who might elevate themselves to the ranks of the great simply by burning most of their work. — Janet Malcolm

Janet Malcolm Quotes By Janet Malcolm: Writing cannot be done in a state of

Writing cannot be done in a state of desirelessness, — Janet Malcolm

Janet Malcolm Quotes By Janet Malcolm: Fidelity to the subject's thought and to his

Fidelity to the subject's thought and to his characteristic way of expressing himself is the sine qua non of journalistic quotation. — Janet Malcolm

Janet Malcolm Quotes By Janet Malcolm: If you scratch a great photograph, you find

If you scratch a great photograph, you find two things; a painting and a photograph. — Janet Malcolm

Janet Malcolm Quotes By Malcolm Gladwell: The two contemporary writers whom I consider as

The two contemporary writers whom I consider as role models are Janet Malcolm and Michael Lewis. — Malcolm Gladwell

Janet Malcolm Quotes By Helen Garner: Janet Malcolm's probably the writer I most admire

Janet Malcolm's probably the writer I most admire and who's most influenced me. — Helen Garner

Janet Malcolm Quotes By Janet Malcolm: Malice remains its animating impulse.

Malice remains its animating impulse. — Janet Malcolm

Janet Malcolm Quotes By Janet Malcolm: I was always trying to take art photographs,

I was always trying to take art photographs, but the most interesting pictures were the snapshots. The artsy pictures were boring, always. — Janet Malcolm

Janet Malcolm Quotes By Janet Malcolm: The concept of privacy is a sort of

The concept of privacy is a sort of screen to hide the fact that almost none is possible in a social universe. — Janet Malcolm

Janet Malcolm Quotes By Janet Malcolm: The writer ultimately tires of the subject's self-serving

The writer ultimately tires of the subject's self-serving story, and substitutes a story of his own. — Janet Malcolm

Janet Malcolm Quotes By Janet Malcolm: [The] arresting of time is photography's unique capacity,

[The] arresting of time is photography's unique capacity, and the decision of when to click the shutter is the photographer's chief responsibility. — Janet Malcolm

Janet Malcolm Quotes By Janet Malcolm: The writer, like the murderer, needs a motive,

The writer, like the murderer, needs a motive, — Janet Malcolm

Janet Malcolm Quotes By Janet Malcolm: Poets and novelists and playwrights make themselves, against

Poets and novelists and playwrights make themselves, against terrible resistances, give over what the rest of us keep safely locked within our hearts. — Janet Malcolm

Janet Malcolm Quotes By Janet Malcolm: The 'I' character in journalism is almost pure

The 'I' character in journalism is almost pure invention. — Janet Malcolm

Janet Malcolm Quotes By Janet Malcolm: What Helen of Troy did in her spare

What Helen of Troy did in her spare time and what she was 'really like' are not questions that torture us. — Janet Malcolm

Janet Malcolm Quotes By Janet Malcolm: This is what it is the business of

This is what it is the business of the artist to do. Art is theft, art is armed robbery, art is not pleasing your mother. — Janet Malcolm