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Sylvia Plath: Nothing stinks like...

Sylvia Plath: Nothing stinks like...

Nothing stinks like a pile of unpublished writing.

Source: In The Fourth 637 Best...

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James Agee: Children, taught either...

James Agee: Children, taught either...

Children, taught either years beneath their intelligence or miles wide of relevance to it, or both: their intelligence...

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Jack Kerouac: You can't teach...

Jack Kerouac: You can't teach...

You can't teach the old maestro a new tune.

Source: On the Road, Pt. I.
-- Jack...

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Richard Bach: Here is the...

Richard Bach: Here is the...

Here is the test to find whether your mission on earth is finished. If you're alive, it...

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Clive Barker: There was time...

Clive Barker: There was time...

There was time for all their miracles now. For ghosts and transformations; for passion and ambiguity; for noon-day...

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Edward Westcott: They say a...

Edward Westcott: They say a...

They say a reasonable amount 'o fleas is good fer a dog -- keeps him from broodin' over bein' a dog,...

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Hugh Walpole: Foolish writers and...

Hugh Walpole: Foolish writers and...

Foolish writers and readers are created for each other.

Source: In 20,000 Quips and...

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Anthony Burgess: A novelist should...

Anthony Burgess: A novelist should...

A novelist should not be too intelligent either, although. . . he may be permitted to be an...

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Alexandre Dumas, p?re: All human wisdom...

Alexandre Dumas, p?re: All human wisdom...

All human wisdom is summed up in two words -- wait and hope.

Source: The Count of...

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Erich Segal: True love comes...

Erich Segal: True love comes...

True love comes quietly, without banners or flashing lights. If you hear bells, get your ears...

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Katherine Paterson: The name we...

Katherine Paterson: The name we...

The name we give to something shapes our attitude toward it.

Source: In Words of...

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Kate Seredy: I make money...

Kate Seredy: I make money...

I make money using my brains and lose money listening to my heart. But in the long run my books balance pretty...

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Herman Melville: Give me a...

Herman Melville: Give me a...

Give me a condor's quill! Give me Vesuvius's crater for an ink stand. . . . To produce a mighty book you must choose a...

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Henry Miller: I didn't have...

Henry Miller: I didn't have...

I didn't have to think up so much as a comma or a semicolon; it was all given, straight from the celestial recording...

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Frank Norris: The People have...

Frank Norris: The People have...

The People have a right to the Truth as they have a right to life, liberty and the pursuit of...

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Frank Norris: No art that...

Frank Norris: No art that...

No art that is not in the end understood by the People can live or ever did live a single...

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Ivy Compton-Burnett: There is probably...

Ivy Compton-Burnett: There is probably...

There is probably nothing like living together for blinding people to each other.

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Channing Pollock: The important thing...

Channing Pollock: The important thing...

The important thing is to use today wisely and well, and face tomorrow eagerly and cheerfully and with the certainty...

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William Faulkner: A writer needs...

William Faulkner: A writer needs...

A writer needs three things, experience, observation, and imagination, any two of which, at times any one of which,...

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Charles W Chesnutt: The workings of...

Charles W Chesnutt: The workings of...

The workings of the human heart are the profoundest mystery of the universe. One moment they make us despair of our...

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