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Every word born of an inner necessity — writing must never

Every word born of an inner necessity — writing must never be anything else. – Etty Hillesum, quoted in Ten Fun Things to Do Before You Die by Karol Jackowski

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A story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end… but not necessarily in that order. – Jean Luc Godard

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Whatever an author puts between the two covers of his book is public property; whatever of himself he does not put there is his private property, as much as if he had never written a word. – Gail Hamilton

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No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published. – Russell Lynes

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An author in his book must be like God in the universe, present everywhere and visible nowhere. – Gustave Flaubert

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