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The expression “to write something down” suggests a descent of thought to the fingers whose movements immediately falsify it. – William Gass, “Habitations of the Word,” Kenyon Review, October 1984

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Writing is a way of talking without being interrupted. – Jules Renard, Journal, 1895 April 10th

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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I try to leave out the parts that people skip. – Elmore Leonard

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Authorship is exhibitionism, and readers a species of voyeur. – Terri Guillemets

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Superstition is to religion what astrology is to astronomy the mad daughter of a wise mother. These daughters have too long dominated the earth. – Voltaire

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The best place a person can die, is where they die for others. – James M. Barrie

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Some people are so busy learning the tricks of the trade that they never learn the trade. – Vernon Law

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I have these visions of myself being thirty, thirty-five, forty having a family. – Nastassja Kinski

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