"If you want your writing to be taken seriously, don't marry and have kids, and above all, don't die. But if you have to die, commit suicide. They approve of that"
- Ursula K. Le Guin
About this Quote
In this quote, Ursula K. Le Guin is making a satirical commentary on the expectations put on authors. She recommends that in order for one's writing to be taken seriously, they must not have any personal attachments or obligations, such as marriage and children. In addition, she indicates that writers should strive to live as long as possible, as death would imply the end of their writing career. However, if one need to die, Le Guin recommends that committing suicide would be more acceptable in the eyes of society, as it would be viewed as an intentional option rather than a natural occurrence. In General, Le Guin highlights the absurdity of the societal pressures placed on writers and the sacrifices they are expected to make for their craft.
This quote is written / told by Ursula K. Le Guin somewhere between October 21, 1929 and today. She was a famous Writer from USA.
The author also have 30 other quotes.
"I think suicide is sort of like cancer was 50 years ago. People don't want to talk about it, they don't want to know about it. People are frightened of it, and they don't understand, when actually these issues are medically treatable"
"I think about death a lot, like I think we all do. I don't think of suicide as an option, but as fun. It's an interesting idea that you can control how you go. It's this thing that's looming, and you can control it"
"As history since Hiroshima shows, the best, perhaps the only, way to curb war is to deter it with such overwhelming force as to turn it from a struggle into suicide"
"To run away from trouble is a form of cowardice and, while it is true that the suicide braves death, he does it not for some noble object but to escape some ill"
