The writings of latter-day prophets clearly teach that the sorrows and sufferings endured by Adam and Eve upon their leaving the Garden… — Daniel K Judd Copy Share Image
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There are 500 reasons I write for children.... Children read books, not reviews. They don't give a hoot about the critics.... They… — Isaac Bashevis Singer Copy Share Image
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All kinds of mysterious phenomena exist in this world, but answers to most of them have come with advances in scientific knowledge.… — Mo Yan Copy Share Image
I'm a playwright by trade, and in theater, writers have complete control over everything. Nobody can change a word without your permission.… — David Lindsay-Abaire Copy Share Image
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Many writers-in-waiting spend a lot of time avoiding the work at hand. The most common way to avoid writing is by procrastination.… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
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It is justly considered as the greatest excellency of art to imitate nature; but it is necessary to distinguish those parts of… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
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It means abandoning being a poet, abandoning your careerism, abandoning even the idea of writing any poetry, really abandoning, giving up as… — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
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