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Betty Smith: There's a tree...

Betty Smith: There's a tree...

There's a tree that grows in Brooklyn. Some people call it the Tree of Heaven. No matter where its seed falls, it...

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Marion Zimmer Bradley: It has never...

Marion Zimmer Bradley: It has never...

It has never been, and never will be easy work! But the road that is built in hope is more pleasant to the traveler...

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Shirley Hazzard: It's a nervous...

Shirley Hazzard: It's a nervous...

It's a nervous work. The state that you need to write is the state that others are paying large sums to get rid...

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Charles Morgan: Happiness, like a...

Charles Morgan: Happiness, like a...

Happiness, like a child, must be allowed to grow up.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Don Delillo: Men with secrets...

Don Delillo: Men with secrets...

Men with secrets tend to be drawn to each other, not because they want to share what they know but because they need...

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Harry Crews: I believe some...

Harry Crews: I believe some...

I believe some people are just too damn smart to write fiction.

Source: National...

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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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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: It's not a...

Sloan Wilson: It's not a...

It's not a question of who's going to throw the first stone; it's a question of who's going to start building with...

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Sloan Wilson: A man who...

Sloan Wilson: A man who...

A man who wants time to read and write must let the grass grow long.

Source: What...

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Margaret Truman: He was prouder...

Margaret Truman: He was prouder...

He was prouder still to be a member of that even more restricted group, Uncle Sam Rayburn's Board of Education the...

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Margaret Truman: It's only when...

Margaret Truman: It's only when...

It's only when you grow up, and step back from him, or leave him for your own career and your own home it's only then...

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Sholem Asch: Writing comes more...

Sholem Asch: Writing comes more...

Writing comes more easily if you have something to say.

Source: In Webster's...

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George MacDonald: You can't live...

George MacDonald: You can't live...

You can't live on amusement. It is the froth on water -- an inch deep and then the mud.

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Mark Twain: When I was...

Mark Twain: When I was...

When I was younger, I could remember anything whether it had happened or not; but my faculties are decaying . . . soon...

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Enid Bagnold: Judges don't age....

Enid Bagnold: Judges don't age....

Judges don't age. Time decorates them.

Source: Judge, in The Chalk Garden, act...

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Marguerite Duras: Journalism without a...

Marguerite Duras: Journalism without a...

Journalism without a moral position is impossible. Every journalist is a moralist. It's absolutely...

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Eden Phillpotts: The people sensible...

Eden Phillpotts: The people sensible...

The people sensible enough to give good advice are usually sensible enough to give none.

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James Agee: As a whole...

James Agee: As a whole...

As a whole part of psychological education it needs to be remembered that a neurosis can be valuable; also that...

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John Sterling: There is no...

John Sterling: There is no...

There is no lie that a man will not believe; and there is no man who does not believe many lies; and there is no man...

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