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In my view this is not democracy, but a zoo.... It was exactly what we expected, but not on that scale nor in that form.… — Alexander Lukashenko
We remember the specter of sectarian violence -- al Qaeda's attacks on mosques and pilgrims, militias that carried out campaigns of intimidation and campaigns of… — Barack Obama
From the days of the Founding Fathers, right to this (2008) election, how and where America fights to defend its freedom, has been the ultimate… — Simon Schama
In the long run, it's not just how much money you make that will determine your future prosperity. It's how much of that money you… — Peter Lynch
We should have a glorious conflagration, if all who cannot put fire into their works would only consent to put their works into the fire. — Charles Caleb Colton
To most readers the word 'fiction' is an utter fraud. They are entirely convinced that each character has an exact counterpart in real life and… — Louis Auchincloss
Short stories can be rather stark and bare unless you put in the right details. Details make stories human, and the more human a story… — V. S. Pritchett
I don't like the strictly objective viewpoint [in which all of the characters' actions are described in the third person, but we never hear what… — George R. R. Martin
I'm a strong believer in telling stories through a limited but very tight third person point of view. I have used other techniques during my… — George R. R. Martin
Don't be put off by people who know what is not possible. Do what needs to be done, and check to see if it was… — Paul Hawken
If in the first act you have hung a pistol on the wall, then in the following one it should be fired. Otherwise don't put… — Anton Chekhov
Grab a pen and put down some words - your name even - and a title: something to see, to revise, to carve, to do… — Jacques Barzun
You will have to write and put away or burn a lot of material before you are comfortable in this medium. You might as well… — Ray Bradbury
No one put a gun to your head and ordered you to become a writer. One writes out of his own choice and must be… — Stanley Ellin
I've always just wanted to earn my living by writing. The best thing is to go into my study in the morning and put words… — Robert Harris
And it does no harm to repeat, as often as you can, 'Without me the literary industry would not exist: the publishers, the agents, the… — Doris Lessing
Every compulsion is put upon writers to become safe, polite, obedient, and sterile. — Sinclair Lewis
I do want to make it very convincing. And the best way to do that is to put most of it in dialogue. — John Steinbeck
You can approach the act of writing with nervousness, excitement, hopefulness, or even despair - the sense that you can never completely put on the… — Stephen King
If I were to offer any advice to young writers, it would be this: be discriminating and be discerning about the work you set for… — Barry Lopez

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