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Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
The great authors were great readers, and one way to understand them is to read the books they read. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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The real writer learns nothing from life. He is more like an oyster or a sponge. — Gore Vidal Copy Share Image
Being a writer was never a choice, it was an irresistible compulsion. — Walter Jon Williams Copy Share Image
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So much of my writing process is trying to eliminate any kind of shame or fear of the thoughts that I'm having. — Morgan Parker Copy Share Image
Justice to my readers compels me to admit that I write because I have nothing to do; justice to myself induces me… — Charles Caleb Colton Copy Share Image
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Literature is invention. Fiction is fiction. To call a story a true story is an insult to both art and truth. — Vladimir Nabokov Copy Share Image
A writer is a performer as well. A writer isn't the literary department. That gets tried on but nothing's a script unless… — William Monahan Copy Share Image
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I like big books and I cannot lie. You other readers can’t deny That when a kid walks in with The Name… — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
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