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What has bothered and angered radical Muslims is that I'm a non-Muslim writing anything at all about Islam. But this is fiction,… — Brad Thor Copy Share Image
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Until I am free to write bilingually and to switch codes without having always to translate, while I still have to speak… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
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TV is the place that writers want to be. When you don't have a very strong indie market going on, talented writers… — Ayelet Zurer Copy Share Image
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On the other side, the conservative party, composed of the most moderate, able, and cultivated part of the population, is timid, and… — Ralph Waldo Emerson Copy Share Image
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The basic drive behind real philosophy is curiosity about the world, not interest in the writings of philosophers. Each of us emerges… — Bryan Magee Copy Share Image
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A hidden nerve is what every writer is ultimately about. It's what all writers wish to uncover when writing about themselves in… — Andre Aciman Copy Share Image
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