Quote by G.K. Chesterton
A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel te

A good novel tells us the truth about its hero; but a bad novel tells us the truth about its author. – G.K. Chesterton

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Courage is almost a contradiction in terms. It means a strong desire to live taking the form of readiness to die. – G.K. Chesterton

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The role of a writer is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say. – Anaïs Nin

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When writers die they become books, which is, after all, not too bad an incarnation. – Jorge Luis Borges

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Easy reading is damn hard writing. – Nathaniel Hawthorne

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Writing is easy: All you do is sit staring at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on your forehead. – Gene Fowler

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