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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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It is possible to regard Norman Mailer as one of the prices we pay for widespread literacy. – Richard Gilman, “Why Mailer Wants to be President,” in The New Republic, 1964 Fe

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An author plants the alphabet — and harvests flowers, nourishment, and weeds. – Terri Guillemets

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Find out the reason that commands you to write; see whether it has spread its roots into the very depth of your heart; confess to yourself you would have to die if you were forbidden to write. – Rainer Maria Rilke

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An incurable itch for scribbling takes possession of many, and grows inveterate in their insane breasts. – Juvenal, Satires

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