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No man should ever publish a book until he has first read it to a woman. – Van Wyck Brooks

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The story I am writing exists, written in absolutely perfect fashion, some place, in the air. All I must do is find it, and copy it. – Jules Renard, “Diary,” February 1895

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A writer is somebody for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people. – Thomas Mann, Essays of Three Decades, 1947

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Every author in some way portrays himself in his works, even if it be against his will. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I try to leave out the parts that people skip. – Elmore Leonard

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