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Write a novel if you must, but think of money as an unlikely accident. Get your reward out of writing it, and try to be… — Pearl S. Buck
If you're looking for messages, try Western Union. — Ernest Hemingway
At the beginning of their careers many writers have a need to overwrite. They choose carefully turned-out phrases; they want to impress their readers with… — Jorge Luis Borges
Try and write straight English; never using slang except in dialogue and then only when unavoidable. Because all slang goes sour in a short time.… — Ernest Hemingway
When you describe the miserable and unfortunate, and want to make the reader feel pity, try to be somewhat colder - that seems to give… — Anton Chekhov
Publishing is the only industry I can think of where most of the employees spend most of their time stating with great self-assurance that they… — Donald E. Westlake
You try to sit down at approximately the same time every day. This is how you train your unconscious to kick in for you creatively.… — Anne Lamott
When I think of competition it's like I try to create against the past. I think about Michelangelo and Picasso, you know, the pyramids. — Kanye West
Instead of getting hard ourselves and trying to compete, women should try and give their best qualities to men - bring them softness, teach them… — Joan Baez
I try and intellectualize a lot, which she does as well obviously. She's very determined, I am as well. I like to think that I… — Emma Watson
You don't want to see that happen on the pitch, it's only right to try and break it up. — Gareth Barry
Find your purpose and fling your life out to it. Find a way or make one. Try with all your might. Self-made or never made. — Orison Swett Marden
Oh, I am heartily tired of hearing about what Lee is going to do. Some of you always seem to think he is suddenly going… — Ulysses S. Grant
Having cancer does make you try to be better at everything you do and enjoy every moment. It changes you forever. But it can be… — Jaclyn Smith
I aspire to be Jack Nicholson. I love his every single mannerism. I used to try and be him in virtually everything I did, I… — Robert Pattinson
They [Barnes Theatre Club] were a very good group, and for some reason when I finished the backstage thing, I just decided to that I… — Robert Pattinson
All the time. A few months ago I came really close to losing it, I was getting really paranoid. And then I started a new… — Robert Pattinson
This is crazier and louder than I was prepared for. With every week, the fervour and anticipation seem to grow. People know my name and… — Robert Pattinson
[School reports] were always pretty bad - I never ever did my homework. I always turned up for lessons as I liked my teachers but… — Robert Pattinson
Youth, enthusiasm, and tenderness are like the days of spring. Instead of complaining, O my heart, of their brief duration, try to enjoy them. — Friedrich Ruckert

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