The Term Paper Artist' represents two models of writing, one of the little boy bouncing his ball, generating stories for the sheer pleasure of it, and the besieged adult, writing to make a living, having to contend with a very competitive, very unreliable world in which public image counts.

Related Quotes

Having reached a point in which I was so bitter and exhausted from being a quote unquote public figure, I wanted to return to a more childlike relationship to writing.

— David Leavitt

BeingBitterChildlike

I've never been able to control my public image.

AbleBeenControl

When I first began to write, I was writing on bass, because I was thinking more Public Image, more dub.

— Gavin Rossdale

BassBecauseBegan

I had long ago become a creation, a public image made to be consumed, piled on top of a precarious shell of a little boy wanting to be loved.

BecomeBoyConsumed

I'd like to get my public image nearer to my reality. People have a lot of misconceptions.

— Jacqueline Bisset