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Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a

Many books require no thought from those who read them, and for a very simple reason. They made no such demand upon those who wrote them. – Charles Caleb Colton

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You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write. – Saul Bellow

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An original writer is not one who imitates nobody, but one whom nobody can imitate. РFran̤ois-Ren̩ de Chateaubriand, Le G̩nie du Christianisme, 1802

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If I lose the light of the sun, I will write by candlelight, moonlight, no light. If I lose paper and ink, I will write in blood on forgotten walls. I will write always. – Henry Rollins

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I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions. – James Michener

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Competition is what keeps me playing the psychological warfare of matching skill against skill and wit against wit. – Lou Brock

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But 85 percent of the mosques have extremist leadership in this country. Most Muslims, the overwhelming majority of Muslims, are loyal Americans. – Peter King

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It could be my British need for discipline that makes me admire the American appetite for freedom and passion. – Steve Winwood

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Leave everything. Leave Dada. Leave your wife. Leave your mistress. Leave your hopes and fears. Leave your children in the woods. Leave the substance for the shadow. Leave your easy life, leave what you are given for the future. Set off on the roads. – Andre Breton

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