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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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I imagine one of the reasons people cling to their hates so stubbornly is because they sense, once hate is gone, they will be forced to deal with pain. – James Baldwin

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To write well, express yourself like common people, but think like a wise man. Or, think as wise men do, but speak as the common people do. – Aristotle

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The hard necessity of bringing the judge on the bench down into the dock has been the peculiar responsibility of the writer in all ages of man. – Nelson Algren

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

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

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