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Isaac Singer: Originality is not...

Isaac Singer: Originality is not...

Originality is not seen in single words or even sentences. Originality is the sum total of a man's thinking or his...

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Carson McCullers: I live with...

Carson McCullers: I live with...

I live with the people I create and it has always made my essential loneliness less keen.

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William E Channing: It is mind...

William E Channing: It is mind...

It is mind which does the work of the world, so that the more there is of mind, the more work will be...

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Remy de Gourmont: Very simple ideas...

Remy de Gourmont: Very simple ideas...

Very simple ideas lie within the reach only of complex minds.

Source: In The...

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Francis J Grimke: It is only...

Francis J Grimke: It is only...

It is only what is written upon the soul of man that will survive the wreck of time.

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Henri Bergson: Intelligence is the...

Henri Bergson: Intelligence is the...

Intelligence is the faculty of making artificial objects, especially tools to make tools.

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Mortimer Adler: All books will...

Mortimer Adler: All books will...

All books will become light in proportion as you find light in them.

Source: In...

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Mortimer Adler: Ask others about...

Mortimer Adler: Ask others about...

Ask others about themselves, at the same time, be on guard not to talk too much about...

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Bertrand Russell: If a law...

Bertrand Russell: If a law...

If a law were passed giving six months to every writer of a first book, only the good ones would do...

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Marguerite Yourcenar: The memory of...

Marguerite Yourcenar: The memory of...

The memory of most men is an abandoned cemetery where lie, unsung and unhonored, the dead whom they have ceased to...

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Alex Haley: Roots is not...

Alex Haley: Roots is not...

Roots is not just a saga of my family. It is the symbolic saga of a people.

Source:...

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Tama Janowitz: I was like...

Tama Janowitz: I was like...

I was like a social worker for lepers. My clients had a chunk of their body they wanted to give away; for a price I...

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Susan Warner: There is a...

Susan Warner: There is a...

There is a world there, Winthrop, -- another sort of world -- where people know something; where other things are to...

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Grace Metalious: I'm a lousy...

Grace Metalious: I'm a lousy...

I'm a lousy writer; a helluva lot of people have got lousy taste.

Source: In W.O.W....

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J G Ballard: Science and technology...

J G Ballard: Science and technology...

Science and technology multiply around us. To an increasing extent they dictate the languages in which we speak and...

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John Barth: Everyone is necessarily...

John Barth: Everyone is necessarily...

Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story.

Source: In The Ultimate...

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Herman Wouk: I regard the...

Herman Wouk: I regard the...

I regard the writing of humor as a supreme artistic challenge.

Source: In...

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Michael Crichton: We all live...

Michael Crichton: We all live...

We all live every day in virtual environments, defined by our ideas.

Source:...

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Judith Rossner: He always said...

Judith Rossner: He always said...

He always said she was smart, but their conversations were a mined field in which at any moment she might make the...

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Marion Zimmer Bradley: Some knowledge and...

Marion Zimmer Bradley: Some knowledge and...

Some knowledge and some song and some beauty must be kept for those days before the world again plunges into...

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