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When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will

When a man is in doubt about this or that in his writing, it will often guide him if he asks himself how it will tell a hundred years hence. – Samuel Butler

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If I die prematurely I shall be saved from being bored to death at my own success. – Samuel Butler

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The author, as a rule, dearly loves every line of his work, from the first stroke down to the dotlet on the i, and certainly has a right to it. – Gustav Boehm, “A Discourse on Title Page Composition,” in The Inland Printer (Ch

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

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A writer is someone who can make a riddle out of an answer. – Karl Kraus

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No author dislikes to be edited as much as he dislikes not to be published. – Russell Lynes

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