Quotes on writing

spend time reading Good Book less reading novels. going tell Lord Judg — Jennifer Donnelly, A Northern Light

A Northern Light Jennifer Donnelly
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simply wrong begin a theme, symbol abstract unifying agent, try force — Thomas Pynchon, Slow Learner: Early Stories

Slow Learner: Early Stories Thomas Pynchon
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Margaret: – say something future?Leo: Yeah.Margaret: sign President’s — Aaron Sorkin

Aaron Sorkin
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don’t think immediate tragedy a good source art. be, often raw painful — Neil Gaiman

Neil Gaiman
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ideal art, noblest art: working complexities life, refusing simplify, — Joyce Carol Oates, Journal Joyce Carol Oates: 1973-1982

Joyce Carol Oates The Journal of Joyce Carol Oates: 1973-1982
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Convince working clay, marble, paper eternal bronze: Let first sentenc — Jacques Barzun

Jacques Barzun
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thing fit a writer, notion rested solely suspicion never fit real work — Russell Baker

Russell Baker
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better everyone does, taking life seriously seeing merely grotesque, c — Gustave Flaubert, November

Gustave Flaubert November
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artist a servant willing a birthgiver. a real sense artist (male femal — Madeleine L’Engle, Walking Water: Reflections Faith Art

Art Madeleine L'Engle Walking on Water: Reflections on Faith
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Panicky despair underrated element writing. — Dave Barry

Dave Barry
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