Before we started writing we did feel pressure because of the success of the first record. One of the first songs that… — Christian Burns Copy Share Image
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I'm used to writing fairy tales that can be somewhat dark, and the truth is that in fairy tales, romances are always… — Theodora Goss Copy Share Image
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It is the nobility of their style which will make our writers of 1840 unreadable forty years from now. — Stendhal Copy Share Image
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All stories interest me, and some haunt me until I end up writing them. — Isabel Allende Copy Share Image
Neither in my private life nor in my writings, have I ever made a secret of being an out-and-out unbeliever. — Sigmund Freud Copy Share Image
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