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No one, at any rate no English writer, has written better about childhood than Dickens. In spite of all the knowledge that has accumulated since,… — George Orwell
Modern English, especially written English, is full of bad habits which spread by imitation and which can be avoided if one is willing to take… — George Orwell
Keeping accounts, sir, is of no use when a man is spending his own money, and has nobody to whom he is to account. You… — Samuel Johnson
Our religion is the traditions of our ancestors - the dreams of our old men, given them in solemn hours of the night by the… — Chief Seattle
The traditions of a nation are very important and the anthem written by Francis Scott Key in the early days of our nation should always… — Lee Greenwood
I always market research my books before I hand them in by showing them to five or six close friends who I trust to be… — Helen Fielding
If we can't have comedy books written about aspects of womanhood without going into a panic attack about it, then we haven't got very far… — Helen Fielding
Letters are largely written to get things out of your system. — John Dos Passos
If written directions alone would suffice, libraries wouldn't need to have the rest of the universities attached. — Judith Martin
How many chapters have been written about love verses - and how many more might be written! - might, would, could, should, or ought to… — Samuel Lover
I've never cackled with laughter at a single line I've ever written. None of it has given me pleasure. — Pat Conroy
What is the poem, after it is written? That is the question. Not where it came from or why. — Allen Tate
There is probably nothing wrong with art for art's sake if we take the phrase seriously, and not take it to mean the kind of… — Allen Tate
This is something that I cannot get over -- that a whole line could be written by half a man, that a work could be… — Karl Kraus
No good poetry is ever written in a manner twenty years old, for to write in such a manner shows conclusively that the writer thinks… — Ezra Pound
If a poet has any obligation toward society, it is to write well. Being in the minority, he has no other choice. Failing this duty,… — Joseph Brodsky
We seem to live a culture that doesn't want blemishes. The vision of most beautiful models... airbrushed in order to be seen as perfect, infects… — Alberto Manguel
The present era grabs everything that was ever written in order to transform it into films, TV programs; or cartoons. What is essential in a… — Milan Kundera
Writing about 2,000 words in three hours every morning, 'Casino Royale' dutifully produced itself. I wrote nothing and made no corrections until the book was… — Ian Fleming
Kerouac and I are not real at all. The only thing about a writer is that he has written, and not his so-called life. 'And… — William S. Burroughs
Psychic automatism in its pure state, by which one proposes to express -- verbally, by means of the written word, or in any other manner… — Andre Breton
One never tires of what is well written, style is life! It is the very blood of thought! — Gustave Flaubert
I've written three books you could think of as memoirs. — Calvin Trillin
Fate is written in the face. — Federico Fellini
And yet, in a culture like ours, which is given to material comforts, and addicted to forms of entertainment that offer immediate gratification, it is… — Mark Strand

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