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E L Doctorow: Writing is a...

E L Doctorow: Writing is a...

Writing is a socially acceptable form of schizophrenia.

Source: In Writers at Work,...

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Dr Seuss: From there to...

Dr Seuss: From there to...

From there to here,
and here to there,
funny things are everywhere.


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Emile Zola: If you shut...

Emile Zola: If you shut...

If you shut up truth, and bury it underground, it will but grow.

Source: In The...

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Henry James, Jr: I don't want...

Henry James, Jr: I don't want...

I don't want everyone to like me; I should think less of myself if some people did.

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Elizabeth Bowen: One can live...

Elizabeth Bowen: One can live...

One can live in the shadow of an idea without grasping it.

Source: The Heat of the...

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William McFee: There is nothing...

William McFee: There is nothing...

There is nothing like an odor to stir memories.

Source: In The Speaker's Electronic...

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Ishmael Reed: Writing has made...

Ishmael Reed: Writing has made...

Writing has made me a better man. It has put me in contact with those fleeting moments which prove the...

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Samuel Smiles: Where there is...

Samuel Smiles: Where there is...

'Where there is a will there is a way,' is an old and true saying. He who resolves upon doing a thing, by that very...

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Anatole France: A good critic...

Anatole France: A good critic...

A good critic is one who narrates the adventures of his mind among masterpieces.

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Colette: It is wise...

Colette: It is wise...

It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.

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Alice Walker: Helped are those...

Alice Walker: Helped are those...

Helped are those who create anything at all, for they shall relive the thrill of their own conception and realize a...

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Max Eastman: Emotion is the...

Max Eastman: Emotion is the...

Emotion is the surest arbiter of a poetic choice, and it is the priest of all supreme unions in the...

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Mickey Spillane: If you're a...

Mickey Spillane: If you're a...

If you're a singer you lose your voice. A baseball player loses his arm. A writer gets more knowledge, and if he's...

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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: Share everything. Don't...

Robert Fulghum: Share everything. Don't...

Share everything. Don't take things that aren't yours. Put things back where you found...

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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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Natalie Clifford Barney: If we keep...

Natalie Clifford Barney: If we keep...

If we keep an open mind, too much is likely to fall into it.

Source: In Samples...

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Elias Canetti: The self-explorer, whether...

Elias Canetti: The self-explorer, whether...

The self-explorer, whether he wants to or not, becomes the explorer of everything else. He learns to see himself, but...

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Fawn M Brodie: A passion for...

Fawn M Brodie: A passion for...

A passion for politics stems usually from an insatiable need, either for power, or for friendship and adulation, or a...

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R S Surtees: He was a...

R S Surtees: He was a...

He was a gentleman who was generally spoken of as having nothing a-year, paid quarterly.

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