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From Quotes by John Gardner
- As every writer knows... there is something mysterious about the writer's ability, on any given day, to write. When the juices are flowing, or the…
- To write with taste, in the highest sense, is to write [...] so that no one commits suicide, no one despairs; to write [...] so…
- One must be just a little crazy to write a great novel. One must be capable of allowing the darkest, most ancient and shrewd parts…
- Self pity is easily the most destructive of the non-pharmaceutical narcotics; it is addictive, gives momentary pleasure and separates the victim from reality.
- I know everything, you see,' the old voice wheedled. 'The beginning, the present, the end. Everything. You now, you see the past and the present,…
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