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For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the

For me, a page of good prose is where one hears the rain [and] the noise of battle. – John Cheever

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I cant write without a reader. Its precisely like a kiss – you cant do it alone. – John Cheever

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Authors and lovers always suffer some infatuation, from which only absence can set them free. – Samuel Johnson

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I confess I seldom commune with my conscience when I write. – Anton Chekhov

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Read over your compositions, and when you meet a passage which you think is particularly fine, strike it out. – Samuel Johnson, “Recalling the Advice of a College Tutor,” Boswell, Life of John

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

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People count up the faults of those who keep them waiting. – French Proverb

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Somebody recently figured out that we have 35 million laws to enforce the ten commandments. – Attributed to both Bert Masterson and Earl Wilson

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The destroyer of weeds, thistles and thorns is a benefactor, whether he soweth grain or not. – Robert Ingersoll, inscription to Volume I, Collected Works

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Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance. – David Mamet

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