I was asked by an editor to consider writing something about an American inventor. I asked him if he knew who invented… — Jane Smiley Copy Share Image
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The hardest thing to write was explaining what anxiety feels like. Every time I'd try to really write about what it feels… — Jenny Lawson Copy Share Image
My affinity, as a novelist, with Dickens has been overstated. I relish the way everything in his prose pulsates with life force,… — Michel Faber Copy Share Image
On every film, there are producers all over the place, and everyone's got to have an opinion. I think the screenplay is… — Sam Shepard Copy Share Image
I'm very much afraid I didn't mean anything but nonsense. Still, you know, words mean more than we mean to express when… — Lewis Carroll Copy Share Image
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To the possible enquiry as to the probable character of a successful flying machine, the writer would answer that in his judgment… — Octave Chanute Copy Share Image
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