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Italo Calvino: Biographical data, even...

Italo Calvino: Biographical data, even...

Biographical data, even those recorded in the public registers, are the most private things one has, and to declare...

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Italo Calvino: Novels as dull...

Italo Calvino: Novels as dull...

Novels as dull as dishwater, with the grease of random sentiments floating on top.

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Lois McMaster Bujold: Suicidal glory is...

Lois McMaster Bujold: Suicidal glory is...

Suicidal glory is the luxury of the irresponsible. We're not giving up. We're waiting for a better opportunity to...

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Charles Dickens: Minerva House was...

Charles Dickens: Minerva House was...

Minerva House was 'a finishing establishment for young ladies,' where some twenty girls of the ages from thirteen to...

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Charles Dickens: Mr. and Mrs....

Charles Dickens: Mr. and Mrs....

Mr. and Mrs. Veneering were bran-new people in a bran-new house in a bran-new quarter of London. Everything about the...

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Tama Janowitz: Crimes, sins, nightmares,...

Tama Janowitz: Crimes, sins, nightmares,...

Crimes, sins, nightmares, hunks of hair: it was surprising how many of them has something to dispose of. The more I...

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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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Alexander Solzhenitsyn: The salvation of...

Alexander Solzhenitsyn: The salvation of...

The salvation of mankind lies only in making everything the concern of all.

Source:...

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James Allen: The law of...

James Allen: The law of...

The law of harvest is to reap more than you sow. Sow an act, and you reap a habit. Sow a habit and you reap a...

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Dr Seuss: I start drawing,...

Dr Seuss: I start drawing,...

I start drawing, and eventually the characters involve themselves in a situation. Then in the end, I go back and try...

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Dr Seuss: I like nonsense...

Dr Seuss: I like nonsense...

I like nonsense -- it wakes up the brain cells. Fantasy is a necessary ingredient in living. It's a way of looking at...

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Margery Allingham: He did not...

Margery Allingham: He did not...

He did not arrive at this conclusion by the decent process of quiet, logical deduction, nor yet by the blinding flash...

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Samuel Smiles: Man cannot aspire...

Samuel Smiles: Man cannot aspire...

Man cannot aspire if he looks down; if he rises, he must look up.

Source: In The...

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Samuel Smiles: Labor is still,...

Samuel Smiles: Labor is still,...

Labor is still, and ever will be, the inevitable price set upon everything which is...

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Francois LaRochefoucauld: Hope is the...

Francois LaRochefoucauld: Hope is the...

Hope is the last thing that dies in man; and though it be exceedingly deceitful, yet it is of this good use to us,...

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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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Henry James, Jr: To take what...

Henry James, Jr: To take what...

To take what there is, and use it, without waiting forever in vain for the preconceived -- to dig deep into the actual...

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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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Colette: Look for a...

Colette: Look for a...

Look for a long time at what pleases you, and for a longer time at what pains you.

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Colette: Sit down and...

Colette: Sit down and...

Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can...

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