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Sloan Wilson: A man who...

Sloan Wilson: A man who...

A man who wants time to read and write must let the grass grow long.

Source: What...

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Angus Wilson: She was more...

Angus Wilson: She was more...

She was more than ever proud of the position of the bungalow, so almost in the country.

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Martin Amis: Every writer hopes...

Martin Amis: Every writer hopes...

Every writer hopes or boldly assumes that his life is in some sense exemplary, that the particular will turn out to be...

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Clive Barker: Be regular and...

Clive Barker: Be regular and...

Be regular and orderly in your life, that you may be violent and original in your work.

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Clive Barker: And we'll watch...

Clive Barker: And we'll watch...

'And we'll watch and photograph you for ten years after you die, then we'll run the film.' Wouldn't that be...

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Harper Lee: Folks don't like...

Harper Lee: Folks don't like...

Folks don't like to have somebody around knowin' more than they do. It aggravates 'em. You're not gonna change any of...

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Joyce Cary: I look upon...

Joyce Cary: I look upon...

I look upon life as a gift from God. I did nothing to earn it. Now tha the time is coming to give it back, I have no...

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Saul Bellow: With a novelist,...

Saul Bellow: With a novelist,...

With a novelist, like a surgeon, you have to get a feeling that you've fallen into good hands - someone from whom you...

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John Oliver Killens: Life is a...

John Oliver Killens: Life is a...

Life is a short walk. There is so little time and so much living to achieve.

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Edna O'Brien: In a way...

Edna O'Brien: In a way...

In a way winter is the real spring, the time when the inner things happen, the resurge of...

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Anthony Hope: Unless one is...

Anthony Hope: Unless one is...

Unless one is a genius, it is best to aim at being intelligible.

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John Mortimer: The shelf life...

John Mortimer: The shelf life...

The shelf life of the modern hardback writer is somewhere between the milk and the...

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Carlos Fuentes: What the United...

Carlos Fuentes: What the United...

What the United States does best is to understand itself. What it does worst is understand...

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Thomas Hardy: If Galileo had...

Thomas Hardy: If Galileo had...

If Galileo had said in verse that the world moved, the inquisition might have left him...

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James Agee: In every child...

James Agee: In every child...

In every child who is born, under no matter what circumstances, and no matter what parents, the potentiality of the...

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Alexander Woollcott: Many of us...

Alexander Woollcott: Many of us...

Many of us spend half our time wishing for things we could have if we didn't spend half our time...

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Orson Scott Card: Welcome to the...

Orson Scott Card: Welcome to the...

Welcome to the human race. Nobody controls his own life. The best you can do is choose to be controlled by good...

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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A great writer...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: A great writer...

A great writer is, so to speak, a second government in his country. And for that reason no regime has ever loved great...

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Thomas Wolfe: Publishing is a...

Thomas Wolfe: Publishing is a...

Publishing is a very mysterious business. It is hard to predict what kind of sale or reception a book will have, and...

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George MacDonald: Anything large enough...

George MacDonald: Anything large enough...

Anything large enough for a wish to light upon, is large enough to hang a prayer upon.

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