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The writer's joy is the thought that can become emotion, the emotion that can wholly become a thought. — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
When people write about someone else, you have to take it with a pinch of salt. — Sophie Rundle Copy Share Image
Books and bottles breed generosity, and the bibliophile and the oenophile og through life scattering largesse from their libraries and cellars — Holless Wilbur Allen Copy Share Image
[The writer] must essentially draw from life as he sees it, lives it, overhears it or steals it, and the truer the… — Charles R. Jackson Copy Share Image
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On the 'Star,' you were forced to learn to write a simple declarative sentence. This is useful to anyone. Newspaper work will… — Ernest Hemingway Copy Share Image
It sounds boring, but anything is easy to start-starting a novel, starting a business ... it's keeping the thing going that is difficult. — Prue Leith Copy Share Image
Writing on my own versus co-writing kind of is the exact same thing because we don't sit in the same room when… — Greta Gerwig Copy Share Image
“e-reader (i.e., a portable replacement for physical books), this is the go-to, standard-setting device." - Engadget” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You find yourself by losing yourself. By not thinking about yourself all of the time. When I am in a slump with… — Doug Peacock Copy Share Image
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Writing is therapeutic. It helps you cope with issues that seem gargantuan at the time. The process of expressing yourself about a… — Guy Kawasaki Copy Share Image
…a good book can teach you about the world and about yourself. You learn more than how to read better; you also… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
I'm a very good storyteller; I have a lot of compassion for people. That's very useful for a novelist. A lot of… — James Patterson Copy Share Image
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