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Francois LaRochefoucauld: Nature creates ability;...

Francois LaRochefoucauld: Nature creates ability;...

Nature creates ability; luck provides it with opportunity.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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F Scott Fitzgerald: To write it,...

F Scott Fitzgerald: To write it,...

To write it, it took three months; to conceive it -- three minutes; to collect the data in it -- all my...

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F Scott Fitzgerald: Never confuse a...

F Scott Fitzgerald: Never confuse a...

Never confuse a single defeat with a final defeat.

Source: In The Speaker's...

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Henry James, Jr: It takes a...

Henry James, Jr: It takes a...

It takes a great deal of history to produce a little literature.

Source: Hawthorne,...

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Dorothy L Sayers: She always says,...

Dorothy L Sayers: She always says,...

She always says, my lord, that facts are like cows. If you look them in the face hard enough they generally run...

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Flannery O'Connor: Anybody who has...

Flannery O'Connor: Anybody who has...

Anybody who has survived his childhood has enough information about life to last him the rest of his...

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Iris Murdoch: We live in...

Iris Murdoch: We live in...

We live in a fantasy world, a world of illusion. The great task in life is to find...

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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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Max Eastman: A liberal mind...

Max Eastman: A liberal mind...

A liberal mind is a mind that is able to imagine itself believing anything.

Source:...

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Max Eastman: The worst enemy...

Max Eastman: The worst enemy...

The worst enemy of human hope is not brute facts, but men of brains who will not face...

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Ernest J Gaines: I have learned...

Ernest J Gaines: I have learned...

I have learned as much about writing about my people by listening to blues and jazz and spirituals as I have by...

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Ernest J Gaines: Question everything. Every...

Ernest J Gaines: Question everything. Every...

Question everything. Every stripe, every star, every word spoken. Everything.

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Ishmael Reed: We learn about...

Ishmael Reed: We learn about...

We learn about one another's culture the same way we learn about sex: in the streets.

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Anthony Trollope: And above all...

Anthony Trollope: And above all...

And above all things, never think that you're not good enough yourself. A man should never think that. My belief is...

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Osbert Sitwell: The artist, like...

Osbert Sitwell: The artist, like...

The artist, like the idiot, or clown, sits on the edge of the world, and a push may send him over...

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Robert Fulghum: All I really...

Robert Fulghum: All I really...

All I really need to know about how to live and what to do and how to be I learned in kindergarten. Remember the...

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Robert Fulghum: Be aware of...

Robert Fulghum: Be aware of...

Be aware of wonder. Live a balanced life - learn some and think some and draw and paint and sing and dance and play...

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Robert Fulghum: Play fair. Don't...

Robert Fulghum: Play fair. Don't...

Play fair. Don't hit people. Say you're sorry when you hurt somebody.

Source: All I...

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Robert Stone: One is improvising...

Robert Stone: One is improvising...

One is improvising when one writes, and you pick up in the same way a musician starts to improvise and detect the...

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Louis L'Amour: It is often...

Louis L'Amour: It is often...

It is often said that one has but one life to live, but that is nonsense. For one who reads, there is no limit to the...

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