"Imagination, which is a quality writers must have,……" — Willa Cather
"Imagination, which is a quality writers must have, does not mean the ability to weave pretty stories out of nothing. In the right sense, imagination is a response to what is going on — a sensitiveness to which outside things appeal. It is a composition of sympathy and observation."
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Willa Cather
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