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I think the first duty of all art, including fiction of any kind, is to entertain. That is to say, to hold interest. No matter… — Poul Anderson
Language is more fashion than science, and matters of usage, spelling and pronunciation tend to wander around like hemlines. — Bill Bryson
At one time I thought the most important thing was talent. I think now that the young man must possess or teach himself, training himself,… — William Faulkner
On the whole, dialogue is the most difficult thing, without any doubt. It's very difficult, unfortunately. You have to detach yourself from the notion of… — John Fowles
The writer's intention hasn't anything to do with what he achieves. The intent to earn money or the intent to be famous or the intent… — Lillian Hellman
It was unavoidable, my writing. I feel I had no choice in the matter, no more than I had about an unfortunate bone structure and… — Maureen Howard
Every separate sector of artistic creation has its own basic rules . . . data which govern it. They are contained in the textbooks on… — L. Ron Hubbard
Try any goddam thing you like, no matter how boringly normal or outrageous. If it works, fine. If it doesn't, toss it. Toss it even… — Stephen King
Writing, in any sense that matters, cannot be taught. It can only be learned by each separate one of us in his own way, by… — Katherine Anne Porter
Finding a voice that your readers will enjoy is largely a matter of taste. Saying that isn't much help-taste is a quality so intangible that… — William Zinsser
Yet technique matters, even so. God uses it, for a buffalo is not a leopard. — James Dickey
Tomorrow may be hell, but today was a good writing day, and on the good writing days nothing else matters. — Neil Gaiman
Take the whole range of imaginative literature, and we are all wholesale borrowers. In every matter that relates to invention, to use, or beauty or… — Wendell Phillips
No matter how long your've been at it, you always start from scratch. — Jeffrey Eugenides
First thought is best in Art, second in other matters. — William Blake
I am never as clear about any matter as when I have finished writing about it. — James Van Allen
When you first start writing-and I think it's true for a lot of beginning writers-you're scared to death that if you don't get that sentence… — Toni Morrison
Your eloquence should be the servant of the ideas in your head. Your rule might be this: If a sentence, no matter how excellent, does… — Kurt Vonnegut
What was really needed was a fundamental change in our attitude toward life. We had to learn ourselves and, furthermore, we had to teach the… — Viktor E. Frankl
The secret to success is action, not attitude.Your attitude doesn't matter. It is what you do with your time. — Mary Stuart Masterson
The point of life is not to be married or single - it is to be. We are human beings, or humans being. It does… — Alan Cohen
For what is important when we give children a theorem to use is not that they should memorize it. What matters most is that by… — Seymour Papert
I also believe that academic freedom should protect the right of a professor or student to advocate Marxism, socialism, communism, or any other minority viewpoint… — Richard M. Nixon
Pretty much everyone I know, no matter what size, is trying some system. Even when someone gets to looking like she should be so proud… — Melissa McCarthy
Chess is a matter of vanity. — Alexander Alekhine

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