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Anthony Powell: Parents. . ....

Anthony Powell: Parents. . ....

Parents. . . are sometimes a bit of a disappointment to their children. They don't fulfil the promise of their early...

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Anthony Powell: People think that...

Anthony Powell: People think that...

People think that because a novel's invented, it isn't true. Exactly the reverse is the case. Biography and memoirs...

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Robert Ludlum: The premise which...

Robert Ludlum: The premise which...

The premise which will be the spinal thunderbolt of an incredible tale begins to take on substance as characters...

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Arthur Koestler: True creativity often...

Arthur Koestler: True creativity often...

True creativity often starts where language ends.

Source: The act of Creation, bk....

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John LeCarre: A committee is...

John LeCarre: A committee is...

A committee is an animal with four back legs.

Source: Smiley, in Tinker, Tailor,...

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Charles Simmons: Never go backward....

Charles Simmons: Never go backward....

Never go backward. Attempt, and do it with all your might. Determination is power.

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Sarah Orne Jewett: The thing that...

Sarah Orne Jewett: The thing that...

The thing that teases the mind over and over for years, and at last gets itself put down rightly on paper -- whether...

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Joseph Heller: Success and failure...

Joseph Heller: Success and failure...

Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying,...

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Milan Kundera: For a novelist,...

Milan Kundera: For a novelist,...

For a novelist, a given historic situation is an anthropologic laboratory in which he explores his basic question:...

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Margaret Atwood: The truly fearless...

Margaret Atwood: The truly fearless...

The truly fearless think of themselves as normal.

Source: Bluebeard's Egg,...

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Kingsley Amis: He was of...

Kingsley Amis: He was of...

He was of the faith chiefly in the sense that the church he currently did not attend was...

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Kingsley Amis: I sometimes feel...

Kingsley Amis: I sometimes feel...

I sometimes feel that more lousy dishes are presented under the banner of p?t? than any...

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Evelyn Waugh: Don't give your...

Evelyn Waugh: Don't give your...

Don't give your opinions about Art and the Purpose of Life. They are of little interest and, anyway, you can't...

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Joseph Heller: [Catch22] specified that...

Joseph Heller: [Catch22] specified that...

[Catch22] specified that a concern for one's safety . . . was the process of a rational mind. Orr was crazy and could...

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Arthur Koestler: Creativity is a...

Arthur Koestler: Creativity is a...

Creativity is a type of learning process where the teacher and pupil are located in the same...

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Wilkie Collins: This is the...

Wilkie Collins: This is the...

This is the story of what a Woman's patience can endure, and what a Man's resolution can...

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Evelyn Waugh: Instead of this...

Evelyn Waugh: Instead of this...

Instead of this absurd division into sexes they ought to class people as static and...

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Evelyn Waugh: Particularly against books...

Evelyn Waugh: Particularly against books...

Particularly against books the Home Secretary is. If we can't stamp out literature in the country, we can at least...

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Louis Auchincloss: Only little boys...

Louis Auchincloss: Only little boys...

Only little boys and old men sneer at love.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Wayne Dyer: How people treat...

Wayne Dyer: How people treat...

How people treat you is their karma; how you react is yours.

Source: In The...

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