No man should ever publish a book until he has first read it to a

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

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

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As children, some of us liked magic and fantasy, more than reality. So, we became writers. – Dr.SunWolf, professorsunwolf.com

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The majority of writers ought to translate themselves; there are but few thoughts that are born translated, that is, clothed with the power best fitted alike to express and transmit them. What we have in the first instance written for ourselves, should be written a second time for others. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847), Literature. First Section: Literature in Gene

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The time to begin writing an article is when you have finished it to your satisfaction. By that time you begin to clearly and logically perceive what it is you really want to say. – Mark Twain

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Sin lies only in hurting other people unnecessarily. All other “sins” are invented nonsense. (Hurting yourself is not a sin — just stupid.) – Robert A. Heinlein

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Neurosis is always a substitute for legitimate suffering. – Carl Jung

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I want to get old gracefully. I want to have good posture, I want to be healthy and be an example to my children. – Sting

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The poem is a little myth of mans capacity of making life meaningful. And in the end, the poem is not a thing we see-it is, rather, a light by which we may see-and what we see is life. – Robert Penn Warren

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