I have degenerative bone disease and I walk with a cane. And when I wrote Six of Crows,' I went out on… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
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The way to rock oneself back into writing is this. First gentle exercise in the air. Second the reading of good literature.… — Virginia Woolf Copy Share Image
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I love to draw and paint. I did all the illustrations in my books, so I always have my watercolours with me.… — Rachel Khoo Copy Share Image
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What is most appalling in an F. Scott Fitzgerald book is that it is peopleless fiction: Fitzgerald writes about spectral, muscledsuits; dresses,… — Edward Dahlberg Copy Share Image
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