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> [The world is changing from day to day; it is high time for our writers to take off their masks, look frankly,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lu-xun/the-world-is-changing-from-day-to-day-it-is-high-time-for-our-writers/)

[Lu Xun](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lu-xun/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/967/lu-xun-12813_arena_the-world-is-changing-from-day-to-day-it_1189078.jpg)

> [It's something that I know how to do because I taught for a very long time, so I can do it, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alice-sebold/it-s-something-that-i-know-how-to-do-because-i-taught-for-a-very-long/)

[Alice Sebold](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alice-sebold/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/1e5/alice-sebold-999_can-do_it-s-something-that-i-know-how-to-do-bec_1399288.jpg)

> [We live in a time when writers do not always have barriers around them](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/georges-simenon/we-live-in-a-time-when-writers-do-not-always-have-barriers-around-them/)

[Georges Simenon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/georges-simenon/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bad/georges-simenon-12260_barriers_we-live-in-a-time-when-writers-do-not-al_1881738.jpg)

> [I believe that writers run out of material, I really do. I believe very strongly in the fact that when the natural…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brian-wilson/i-believe-that-writers-run-out-of-material-i-really-do-i-believe-very/)

[Brian Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brian-wilson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe4/brian-wilson-8420_actually_i-believe-that-writers-run-out-of-materi_2066421.jpg)

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