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Don Delillo: I think it's...

Don Delillo: I think it's...

I think it's only in a crisis that Americans see other people. It has to be an American crisis, of course. If two...

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Arnold Bennett: Does there, I...

Arnold Bennett: Does there, I...

Does there, I wonder, exist a being who has read all, or approximately all, that the person of average culture is...

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Joyce Cary: For good and...

Joyce Cary: For good and...

For good and evil, man is a free creative spirit. This produces the very queer world we live in, a world in continuous...

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Marguerite Yourcenar: A young musician...

Marguerite Yourcenar: A young musician...

A young musician plays scales in his room and only bores his family. A beginning writer, on the other hand, sometimes...

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Francois Mauriac: I write whenever...

Francois Mauriac: I write whenever...

I write whenever it suits me. During a creative period I write every day; a novel should not be interrupted. When I...

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Gay Talese: The real problem...

Gay Talese: The real problem...

The real problem is what to do with problem solvers after the problem is solved.

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Alan Brien: The majority of...

Alan Brien: The majority of...

The majority of them give the impression of being men who have been drafted into the job during a period of martial...

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Edward Westcott: The only man...

Edward Westcott: The only man...

The only man who can change his mind is a man that's got one.

Source: In Quote Disk...

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Edward Westcott: Do unto the...

Edward Westcott: Do unto the...

Do unto the other feller the way he'd like to do unto you, and do it fast.

Source:...

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George Orwell: For a creative...

George Orwell: For a creative...

For a creative writer possession of the truth is less important than emotional sincerity.

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Anthony Burgess: Blockbusting fiction is...

Anthony Burgess: Blockbusting fiction is...

Blockbusting fiction is bought as furniture. Unread, it maintains its value. Read, it looks like money wasted....

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Orson Scott Card: In the moment...

Orson Scott Card: In the moment...

In the moment when I truly understand my enemy, understand him well enough to defeat him, then in that very moment I...

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Booth Tarkington: Mystics always hope...

Booth Tarkington: Mystics always hope...

Mystics always hope that science will some day overtake them.

Source: Looking...

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Orson Scott Card: Your work is...

Orson Scott Card: Your work is...

Your work is first, learning is first, winning is everything because without it there is...

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Erich Segal: [They] glanced at...

Erich Segal: [They] glanced at...

[They] glanced at one another like tigers taking measure of a menacing new rival.

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Toni Morrison: If there's a...

Toni Morrison: If there's a...

If there's a book you really want to read but it hasn't been written yet, then you must write...

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John Barth: Like an ox-cart...

John Barth: Like an ox-cart...

Like an ox-cart driver in monsoon season or the skipper of a grounded ship, one must sometimes go forward by going...

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Augusto Roa Bastos: What happens is...

Augusto Roa Bastos: What happens is...

What happens is that your wretched memory remembers the words and forgets what's behind...

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Johanna Spyri: You mischievous child!...

Johanna Spyri: You mischievous child!...

You mischievous child! she cried, in great excitement. What are you thinking of? Why have you taken everything off?...

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Jean Ingelow: Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!'...

Jean Ingelow: Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!'...

Cusha! Cusha! Cusha!' calling
Ere the early dews were falling.


Source: The High...

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