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A writer's brain is like a magician's hat. If you're going to get anything out of it, you have to put something… — Louis L'Amour Copy Share Image
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“Writing is mental exercise and the preeminent method to train the mind to achieve a desirable state of mental quietude. Meditative writing,… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
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“The first fact of the world is that it repeats itself. I had been taught to believe that the freshness of children… — Robert Hass Copy Share Image
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“The principal theme of any autobiography revolves around the brushwork of self-transformation, the freeing of the self from the strictures of self-imposed… — Kilroy J. Oldster Copy Share Image
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“The so called beautiful people, especially the ones who are obsessed with their looks, bore me. They just have this superficiality in… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
“The only thing you really need to be a writer is time. Regular, consistent time, quality time when you're not tired. I… — Jonathan Maas Copy Share Image
“Writing had become a constant partner. She had become my muse. The moments of my madness made me crave her. She was… — Avijeet Das Copy Share Image
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“We writers constantly try to build up our own confidence by getting published, making sales, winning prizes, joining cliques or proclaiming theories.… — Boria Sax Copy Share Image
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“I used to be afraid about what people might say or think after reading what I had written. I am not afraid… — Bangambiki Habyarimana Copy Share Image
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