"In early draft it never satisfied me, and that was when it clicked into place and it went so well as a diary."

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"In early draft it never satisfied me, and that was when it clicked into place and it went so well as a diary."

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"It just happens to be the way that I'm made. I have to write things down to feel I fully comprehend them."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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"Every article and review and book that I have ever published has constituted an appeal to the person or persons to whom I should have talked before I dared to write it. I never launch any little essay without the hope-and the fear, because the encounter may also be embarrassing-that I shall draw a letter that begins, 'Dear Mr. Hitchens, it seems that you are unaware that It is in this sense that authorship is collaborative with 'the reader.' And there's no help for it: you only find out what you ought to have known by pretending to know at least some of it already.It doesn't matter how obscure or arcane or esoteric your place of publication may be: some sweet law ensures that the person who should be scrutinizing your work eventually does do so."

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"Writing is my pleasure and the play,where I find myself again and again."

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"By applying their observational abilities along with full appliance of their logic and creative powers, writers attempt to create mental maps to share with other people regarding what they learned, think, and believe. The writer's vision can sway readers emotional state and in doing influence what they believe and how they behave."

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Terry Pratchett, English Author

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"There are days when writing is within my power and a story unfolds along a course I've already chosen. And then there are days when the words breathe on their own and take me by the hand, leading me along unfathomed paths. Either way, the end result is this author's fairytale."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"The act of writing is a contemplative vision quest, a somber expedition of discovery that requires the writer to subordinate their ego in order to travel in soulful solitude towards a desirable personal haven of rejuvenating enlightenment. Writing for personal growth entails unconditionally surrendering oneself to the struggle of tearing their sense of self apart. It demands the solemn willpower to dissect and analyze the fissures of a self-absorbent soul one layer at a time."

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"It's a dead give away of an inexperienced writer if every character speaks with the same voice."

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"She told fortunes for a living. It's a wacky book and was great fun to write. It is very much a look at what life was like for women in Australia in the 1960's."

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"The lovely thing about being forty is that you can appreciate twenty-five-year-old men more."

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"I want to know what they look like, their height, and colouring, physique and speech pattens."

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"There's a hell of a lot of horny people out there who are not being gratified in the way they should be."

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"I am writing a sequel to The Touch because I want to further explore the Chinese question that I have raised. There will be more about that in a sequel."

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"In early draft it never satisfied me, and that was when it clicked into place and it went so well as a diary."

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"My husband says it is very good that I have very tiny feet, because they're easier to get in my mouth."

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"I stopped this one about two months before federation and I want the next one to be more political. It will deal with the formation of white Australian policy and things like that."

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