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Emmuska Orczy: I sometimes wish...

Emmuska Orczy: I sometimes wish...

I sometimes wish you had not so many lofty virtues.... I assure you little sins are far less dangerous and...

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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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Lawrence Durrell: I'm trying to...

Lawrence Durrell: I'm trying to...

I'm trying to die correctly, but it's very difficult, you know.

Source: Sunday...

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Angus Wilson: He would give...

Angus Wilson: He would give...

He would give them his every imitation from 'Eton and Oxford' to the flushing of the lavatory cistern, and so,...

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Angus Wilson: The opportunities for...

Angus Wilson: The opportunities for...

The opportunities for heroism are limited in this kind of world: the most people can do is sometimes not to be as weak...

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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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Martin Amis: Every writer hopes...

Martin Amis: Every writer hopes...

Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be...

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Anthony Burgess: Art is dangerous....

Anthony Burgess: Art is dangerous....

Art is dangerous. It is one of the attractions: when it ceases to be dangerous you don't want...

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Alexandre Dumas, p?re: No matter how...

Alexandre Dumas, p?re: No matter how...

No matter how hardened to danger a man may be, he always realizes from the pounding of his heart and the shivering of...

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Gore Vidal: Most writers write...

Gore Vidal: Most writers write...

Most writers write books that they wouldn't read. I ought to know; I've done it myself.

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Olive Schreiner: The troubles of...

Olive Schreiner: The troubles of...

The troubles of the young are soon over; they leave no external mark. If you wound the tree in its youth the bark will...

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Alex Haley: Either you deal...

Alex Haley: Either you deal...

Either you deal with what is the reality, or you can be sure that the reality is going to deal with...

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Alex Haley: Nobody can do...

Alex Haley: Nobody can do...

Nobody can do for little children what grandparents do. Grandparents sort of sprinkle stardust over the lives of...

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Alex Haley: History is written...

Alex Haley: History is written...

History is written by the winners.

Source: Interview on David Frost Show, 20 Apr...

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Mark Twain: The difference between...

Mark Twain: The difference between...

The difference between the almost right word and the right word is really a large matter -- 'tis the difference...

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Mark Twain: A man cannot...

Mark Twain: A man cannot...

A man cannot be made comfortable without his own approval.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Lawrence Durrell: Travel can be...

Lawrence Durrell: Travel can be...

Travel can be one of the most rewarding forms of introspection.

Source: Bitter...

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Kate Seredy: There are hurts...

Kate Seredy: There are hurts...

There are hurts so deep that one cannot reach them or heal them with words.

Source:...

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Margery Allingham: I am one...

Margery Allingham: I am one...

I am one of those people who are blessed, or cursed, with a nature which has to interfere. If I see a thing that needs...

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William Faulkner: If a writer...

William Faulkner: If a writer...

If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the Ode on a Grecian Urn is worth any number of old...

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