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“I wasn't that good you know. What I was was a guy who could write a little, publishing in magazines surrounded by people who…

— Cornell Woolrich

“Was this, I wondered, what it felt like to be a grown-up? Did you always feel the weight of things on you, your cares…

— Christina Henry

“There is nothing more nerve-racking than waiting as someone reads your writing. The reader becomes the videographer, zooming far, far into your heart and…

— Gina Marinello-Sweeney

“I always told myself that would never happen to me. That I'd try to be like Peter Pan, never grow up, always retain a…

— Cassandra Clare

“Like most others, I was a seeker, a mover, a malcontent, and at times a stupid hell-raiser. I was never idle long enough to…

— Hunter S. Thompson

“Our whole lives, it was like we were always trying so hard to be perfect - for our families and our friends, for each…

— Brenna Yovanoff

“ I'm definitely a bit of Peter Pan, reluctant to grow up....part of me would prefer not to have any responsibility whatsoever. ”

— Helena Bonham Carter

“I had never really stopped thinking of how the smartest person I knew had, after much thought, decided that life was not worth it—that…

— Catherine Lacey

“At that moment I realised all the things I miss, all the fascinating stories I don't get to hear, because I refuse to mix…

— Andrej Nikolaidis

“I used to think that one day I should write a really great novel, but I've long ceased even to hope for that. All…

— W. Somerset Maugham

“I wouldn't settle for the easy path; I would be someone extraordinary, no matter how hard it made things right now. But now, looking…

— Abby McDonald

“The truth was that I'd been spending years running away from myself. I hid myself in drama, silliness, stupidity, banality. So afraid to grow…

— Megan Crane