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- I know there are writers who get up every morning and sit by their typewriter or word processor or pad of paper and wait to…
- I don’t know any other way to live but to wake up everyday armed with my convictions, not yielding them to the threat of danger…
- I grew up in an atmosphere where words were an integral part of culture.
- I'm not one of those writers I learned about who get up in the morning, put a piece of paper in their typewriter machine and…
- Well, some people say I'm pessimistic because I recognize the eternal cycle of evil. All I say is, look at the history of mankind right…
- The blatant aggressiveness of theocracies I find distressing, because I grew up when Christians, Muslim and animists lived peacefully together.
- Art is solace; art is vision, and when I pick up a literary work, I am a consumer of literature for its own sake.
- I love beauty. But I like the beauty accidentally, not dished up, served up on a platter.
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- I write the paragraph, then I'm crossing out, changing words, trying to improve it. When it seems more or less OK, then… — Paul Auster
- Get this in mind early: We never grow up. — Richard Bach
- People are so damned afraid that one day they might wake up and discover that they've grown old. — Billie Joe Armstrong