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Sidonie Gabrielle Colette
: Writing only leads to more writing.
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Who's the dummy writing this show?!?! (from The Electric Company)
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Wordiness is a sickness of American writing. Too many words dilute and blur ideas.
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Agatha Christie :
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God bless my soul, woman, the more personal you are the better! This is a story of human beings — not dummies! Be personal — be prejudiced — be catty — be anything you please! Write the thing your own way. We can always prune out the bits that are libellous afterwards!
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Writing a novel is actually searching for victims. As I write I keep looking for casualties. The stories uncover the casualties.
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Writing fiction has become a priestly business in countries that have lost their faith.
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Donna Tartt :
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Actually, I enjoy the process of writing a big long novel.
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When writing a novel a writer should create living people; people not characters. A character is a caricature.
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I like to get paid for doing basic research, so it's pleasant to write some nonfiction about it.
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Anita Brookner :
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Writing novels preserves you in a state of innocence -- a lot passes you by -- simply because your attention is otherwise diverted.
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Would you not like to try all sorts of lives -- one is so very small -- but that is the satisfaction of writing -- one can impersonate so many people.
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What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner.
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Total absence of humor renders life impossible.
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The true traveler is he who goes on foot, and even then, he sits down a lot of the time.
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It is wise to apply the oil of refined politeness to the mechanism of friendship.
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A happy childhood is poor preparation for human contacts.
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I love my past, I love my present. I am not ashamed of what I have had, and I am not sad because I no longer have it.
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Writing only leads to more writing.
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A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up.
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Look for a long time at what pleases you, and a longer time at what pains you.
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It is not a bad thing that children should occasionally, and politely, put parents in their place.
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