Quotes on writing

A book never anything impress author’s thoughts; value lie matter thou — Arthur Schopenhauer, Art Literature

Arthur Schopenhauer The Art of Literature
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get a fine warm feeling well, pleasure pretty much negated pain gettin — William Styron

William Styron
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write carve a new path terrain imagination, point new features a famil — Rebecca Solnit, Wanderlust: A History Walking

Rebecca Solnit Wanderlust: A History of Walking
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shit, thus, extract pure Shinola — Umberto Eco, Foucault’s Pendulum

Foucault's Pendulum Umberto Eco
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A place proves get enough talented people a room, one two bound offer — A. Lee Martinez

A. Lee Martinez
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showed, a words, sufficient throw together a incidents met every roman — Voltaire, Candide

Candide Voltaire
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write, feel like important man world, write, give meaning things. crea — Elliot Mabeuse, A Good Student

A Good Student Elliot Mabeuse
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writing, a cruel hard business. Unless lucky it’ll break heart. — Edward Abbey, Postcards Ed: Dispatches Salvos American Iconoclast

Edward Abbey Postcards from Ed: Dispatches Salvos from an American Iconoclast
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think done over, Buddy. …Please make peace wit. going go away, Buddy. — J.D. Salinger, Raise High Roof Beam, Carpenters & Seymour: Introduction

Carpenters J.D. Salinger Raise High the Roof Beam Seymour: An Introduction
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a writer writes many books. book, intended several urgent vivid points — Annie Dillard, Writing Life

Annie Dillard The Writing Life
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