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The reason why so few good books are written is that so few people who can write know anything. — Walter Bagehot
What has a writer to be bombastic about? Whatever good a man may write is the consequence of accident, luck, or surprise, and nobody is… — Edward Dahlberg
If you want to write, keep cats. — Aldous Huxley
If you want to be a psychological novelist and write about human beings, the best thing you can do is keep a pair of cats. — Aldous Huxley
A catless writer is almost inconceivable. It's a perverse taste, really, since it would be easier to write with a herd of buffalo in the… — Barbara Holland
There comes a time when every scientist, even God, has to write off an experiment. — P.D. James
The most important rules that I ever adopted to help me in achieving my goals were those I learned from a very successful man who… — Tony Robbins
For me, life is writing and I can do it anywhere. It doesn't matter where I am. I listen. I write. I live. — Maynard James Keenan
If we own the story then we can write the ending. — BrenÃ© Brown
If all sentient beings in the universe disappeared, there would remain a sense in which mathematical objects and theorems would continue to exist even though… — Martin Gardner
The fact that people will pay you to talk to people and travel to interesting places and write about what intrigues you, I am just… — Nicholas D. Kristof
If you said good-bye to me tonight, There would still be music left to write. — Billy Joel
Wilson was once asked how long it took him to write a speech. He answered, 'That depends. If I am to speak 10 minutes, I… — Woodrow Wilson
An uncomfortable feeling is not an enemy. It's a gift that says, "Get honest; inquire." We reach out for alcohol, or television, or credit cards,… — Byron Katie
To write is to make oneself the echo of what cannot cease speaking - and since it cannot, in order to become its echo I… — Maurice Blanchot
Thus we build on the ice, thus we write on the waves of the sea; the waves roaring pass away, the ice melts, and away… — Johann Gottfried Herder
All these people helped make this book possible. But let me make one thing clear: If there are any errors or omissions in this book,… — Dave Barry
I write fiction and I'm told it's autobiography, I write autobiography and I'm told it's fiction, so since I'm so dim and they're so smart,… — Philip Roth
I write so much because my cat sits on my lap. She purrs so I don't want to get up. She's so much more calming… — Joyce Carol Oates
I'd say that about 82 percent of what I write is bad, but don't go by me; I'm as bad a judge as I am… — George Burns

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