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There are three reasons why this book came into being. First, throughout the 33 years I've been writing recipes - although I'm… — Delia Smith Copy Share Image
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The lovely thing about writing is, well, two things. One, writing fiction allows us to bring an order to our lives that… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
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I am committed now to one thing: lyric sequences. I want the intensity of lyric, but the scope and arc of narrative.… — Gregory Orr Copy Share Image
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I had co-written one episode of an animated show called Jem and the Holograms. Which at the time I didn't view as… — Greg Weisman Copy Share Image
When people write the history of this thing, of bitcoin, they are not going to write the story of 6 million to… — Wences Casares Copy Share Image
Sometimes, love hurts. The abrasions of love have inspired many a great writer. From Shakespeare to Jane Austen, writers have at some… — Zoheb Copy Share Image
Making your bed could be a piece of art, and writing a book could be a piece of art. You could also… — Matthew Brannon Copy Share Image
Television is making, there was in independent film renaissance late '80s through the mid-90's. It was an amazing time. Television is doing… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
Political writing in our time consists almost entirely of prefabricated phrases bolted together like the pieces of a child's Meccano set. It… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
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It is an error to divide people into the living and the dead: there are people who are dead-alive, and people who… — Yevgeny Zamyatin Copy Share Image
Writing books for me is anyway much like a military campaign. I confess to fighting my way through with military metaphors. There… — James Hillman Copy Share Image
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