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Angus Wilson: She was more...

Angus Wilson: She was more...

She was more than ever proud of the position of the bungalow, so almost in the country.

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Madeleine L'Engle: Because I am...

Madeleine L'Engle: Because I am...

Because I am a storyteller I live by words. Perhaps music is a purer art form. It may be that when we communicate with...

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John Barth: Like an ox-cart...

John Barth: Like an ox-cart...

Like an ox-cart driver in monsoon season or the skipper of a grounded ship, one must sometimes go forward by going...

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Augusto Roa Bastos: Anyone who attempts...

Augusto Roa Bastos: Anyone who attempts...

Anyone who attempts to relate his life loses himself in the immediate. One can only speak of...

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Naomi Mitchison: After you've written...

Naomi Mitchison: After you've written...

After you've written about something once, though, it's very dangerous to try and do it again. The original story was...

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Naomi Mitchison: It was all...

Naomi Mitchison: It was all...

It was all coming out from somewhere, and I just had the job of writing it down. I was, however, determined that the...

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Johanna Spyri: Oh, I wish...

Johanna Spyri: Oh, I wish...

Oh, I wish that God had not given me what I prayed for! It was not so good as I thought.

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Emmuska Orczy: An apology?...

Emmuska Orczy: An apology?...

An apology? Bah! Disgusting! Cowardly! Beneath the dignity of any gentleman, however wrong he might...

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Tom Clancy: Man is a...

Tom Clancy: Man is a...

Man is a creature of hope and invention, both of which believe the idea that things cannot be...

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William Styron: Let's face it,...

William Styron: Let's face it,...

Let's face it, writing is hell.

Source: Interview in Writers at Work (First...

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William Styron: Every writer since...

William Styron: Every writer since...

Every writer since the beginning of time, just like other people, has been afflicted by what [a] friend of mine calls...

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Wilfrid Sheed: I picked up...

Wilfrid Sheed: I picked up...

I picked up the writing on the very day he died. It was the only consolation I could find.

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Alan Paton: If you wrote...

Alan Paton: If you wrote...

If you wrote a novel in South Africa which didn't concern the central issues, it wouldn't be worth...

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William Gilmore Simms: The proverb answers...

William Gilmore Simms: The proverb answers...

The proverb answers where the sermon fails, as a well-charged pistol will do more execution than a whole barrel of...

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Patrick White: I dunno,' Arthur...

Patrick White: I dunno,' Arthur...

I dunno,' Arthur said. 'I forget what I was taught. I only remember what I've learnt.'

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Patrick White: Conversation is imperative...

Patrick White: Conversation is imperative...

Conversation is imperative if gaps are to be filled, and old age, it is the last gap but...

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Ronald Firbank: It is said,...

Ronald Firbank: It is said,...

It is said, I believe, that to behold the Englishman at his best one should watch him play...

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Sloan Wilson: Success in almost...

Sloan Wilson: Success in almost...

Success in almost any field depends more on energy and drive than it does on intelligence. This explains why we have...

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Margaret Truman: He took pride...

Margaret Truman: He took pride...

He took pride in belonging to the world's most exclusive club: the United States Senate.

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Lawana Blackwell: Propriety was a...

Lawana Blackwell: Propriety was a...

Propriety was a rigid master, but one that must be obeyed if one wanted to keep a sterling...

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