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“If you can't write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.” quote by O. Henry — Download Open image

“If you can't write a story that pleases yourself, you will never please the public. But in writing the story forget the public.”

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All great men have declared that they owe their sucess to the aid and encouragement of some brilliant woman.

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Young artists must pave their way to Art by drawing pictures for magazine stories that young authors write to pave their way to Literature.

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A good story is like a bitter pill, with the sugar coating inside of it.

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I've got some of my best yarns from park benches, lamp posts and newspaper stands.

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“Which people take the time to care for their souls, these days? I reckon not many. But...hear this: I think that maybe in our lives -- in our scrabbling for food, in the washing of our bodies and warming of them, in our small daily battles -- we can forget our souls. We do not tend to them, as if…

The problem with people is they forget that most of the time it's the small things that count.

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Remind a man of what he remembers, and you will make him forget it.

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People forget that there is a big difference between coercion and persuasion. The idea that evangelism is coercive is nonsense.

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People are disturbed not by things but by the view they take of them. They may forget what you said, but they will never…

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Our memory is a monster; you forget it - it does not.

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