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Iris Murdoch: Writing is like...

Iris Murdoch: Writing is like...

Writing is like getting married. One should never commit oneself until one is amazed at one's...

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Maxine Hong Kingston: The difference between...

Maxine Hong Kingston: The difference between...

The difference between mad people and sane people . . . is that sane people have variety when they talk-story. Mad...

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William McFee: People don't ever...

William McFee: People don't ever...

People don't ever seem to realize that doing what's right's no guarantee against...

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Beatrix Potter: I am worn...

Beatrix Potter: I am worn...

I am worn to a raveling.

Source: The Tailor of Gloucester, 1901.
-- Beatrix...

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Sholom Aleichem: A bachelor is...

Sholom Aleichem: A bachelor is...

A bachelor is a man who comes to work each morning from a different direction.

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Anatole France: Irony is the...

Anatole France: Irony is the...

Irony is the gaiety of reflection and the joy of wisdom.

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-- Anatole...

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Anatole France: The books that...

Anatole France: The books that...

The books that everybody admires are those that nobody reads.

Source: In The...

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Elias Canetti: When you write...

Elias Canetti: When you write...

When you write down your life, every page should contain something no one has ever heard...

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Nelson Algren: I went out...

Nelson Algren: I went out...

I went out there [Hollywood] for a thousand a week, and I worked Monday, and I got fired Wednesday. The guy that hired...

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Mary Stewart: I reached for...

Mary Stewart: I reached for...

I reached for sleep and drew it round me like a blanket muffling pain and thought together in the merciful...

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John LeCarre: A desk is...

John LeCarre: A desk is...

A desk is a dangerous place from which to watch the world.

Source: In Quotable...

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Dr Seuss: I start drawing,...

Dr Seuss: I start drawing,...

I start drawing, and eventually the characters involve themselves in a situation. Then in the end, I go back and try...

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Emile Zola: I am little...

Emile Zola: I am little...

I am little concerned with beauty or perfection. I don't care for the great centuries. All I care about is life,...

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Franz Kafka: I think we...

Franz Kafka: I think we...

I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound and stab us.

Source:...

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Franz Kafka: All human errors...

Franz Kafka: All human errors...

All human errors are impatience, a premature breaking off of methodical procedure, an apparent fencing-in of what is...

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Mary Renault: You can make...

Mary Renault: You can make...

You can make an audience see nearly anything, if you yourself believe in it.

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Flannery O'Connor: Conviction without experience...

Flannery O'Connor: Conviction without experience...

Conviction without experience makes for harshness.

Source: The Habit of Being,...

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Ellen Glasgow: To teach one's...

Ellen Glasgow: To teach one's...

To teach one's self is to be forced to learn twice.

Source: The Woman Within,...

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Jessamyn West: Fiction is [a...

Jessamyn West: Fiction is [a...

Fiction is [a form of writing which] reveals truths that reality obscures.

Source:...

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Ralph Ellison: The act of...

Ralph Ellison: The act of...

The act of writing requires a constant plunging back into the shadow of the past where time hovers...

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