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...she took her hand and raised her brush. For a moment it stayed trembling in a painful but exciting ecstacy in the air. Where to… — Virginia Woolf
Plain question and plain answer make the shortest road out of most perplexities. — Mark Twain
To the question: How do the authors of sketches, stories and novels get along in life, the following answer can or must be given: They… — Robert Walser
Maugham then offers the greatest advice anyone could give to a young author: "At the end of an interrogation sentence, place a question mark. You'd… — Woody Allen
...you have to use your failures as stepping stones to success. You have to maintain a fine balance between hope and despair. In the end… — Rohinton Mistry
Music has always been a matter of Energy to me, a question of Fuel. Sentimental people call it Inspiration, but what they really mean is… — Hunter S. Thompson
An intellectual? Yes. And never deny it. An intellectual is someone whose mind watches itself. I like this, because I am happy to be both… — Albert Camus
The real and proper question is: why is it beautiful? — Annie Dillard
Why is failure the first thing I think of when I find myself in this sort of situation? Why can't I just enjoy myself? But… — Nick Hornby
What if...? A question we ask to hurt ourselves. — Susan Fletcher
What difference does it make if you live in a picturesque little outhouse surrounded by 300 feeble minded goats and your faithful dog? The question… — Ernest Hemingway
Exactly!" said Deep Thought. "So once you do know what the question actually is, you'll know what the answer means. — Douglas Adams
When I use a word,â€™ Humpty Dumpty said in rather a scornful tone, â€˜it means just what I choose it to mean â€” neither more… — Lewis Carroll
The question of how things will settle down is the only important question... — Leo Tolstoy
Ignorance never settles a question. — Benjamin Disraeli
I refuse to answer that question on the grounds that I don't know the answer — Douglas Adams
I don't care if people hate my guts; I assume most of them do. The important question is whether they are in a position to… — William S. Burroughs
What is the meaning of life? That was all- a simple question; one that tended to close in on one with years, the great revelation… — Virginia Woolf
I donâ€™t ask writers about their work habits. I really donâ€™t care. Joyce Carol Oates says somewhere that when writers ask each other what time… — Philip Roth
Ask the next question. — Theodore Sturgeon

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