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The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of th

The responsibility of a writer is to excavate the experience of the people who produced him. – James Baldwin

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He may be a very nice man. But I havent got the time to figure that out. All I know is, hes got a uniform and a gun and I have to relate to him that way. Thats the only way to relate to him because one of us may have to die. – James Baldwin

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There is a sanctity involved with bringing a child into this world: it is better than bombing one out of it. – James Baldwin

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Writers like teeth are divided into incisors and grinders. – Walter Bagehot

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People think that I can teach them style. What stuff it all is. Have something to say and say it as clearly as you can. That is the only secret of style. – Matthew Arnold

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To steal ideas from one person is plagiarism, to steal ideas from many is research. – Anon.

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If the doctor told me I had six minutes to live, Id type a little faster. – Isaac Asimov

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