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Margaret Anderson

"I have always fought for ideas - until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten."

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"I have always fought for ideas - until I learned that it isn't ideas but grief, struggle, and flashes of vision which enlighten."

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"No writer can be the 'Master of the Words' without loving them! Loving is the way for Mastering! No Love, no Master!"

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"I decided to coin the term 'cosy crime noir' for Brighton Belle. That is 'cosy crime' for today's sensibilities because there is that slightly edgy element to it."

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"What makes people tick? Life can be a trap of ennui, but imagery may be a redemptive escape from dullness. The iconic power and exuberance of images generate an inexorable addiction that needs to be gratified without respite. Here and now! ['Give me more images']"

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"Authors always carry a means for scribbling and an excuse for pausing, often inopportunely, to record those fleeting sparks of creative fancy that might otherwise vanish like a wisp in the wind if ignored. Writing is a jealous and needy lover."

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"I like bubbles in everything. I respect the power of silence. In cold or warm weather I favor a mug of hot cocoa. I admire cats-their autonomy, grace, and mystery. I awe at the fiery colors in a sunset. I believe in deity. I hear most often with my eyes, and I will trust a facial expression before any accompanying comment. I invent rules, words, adventures, and imaginary friends. I pretend something wonderful every day. I will never quit pretending."

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Amber Hurdle

"Some people have a handful of ideas, but not enough time to realize them."

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"I spent an hour looking at pots and carpets in the museums the other day, until the desire to describe them became like the desire for the lusts of the flesh."

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"So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say."

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"Do you know I get such a passion for reading sometimes its like the other passion -writing- only the wrong side of the carpet."

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"I was as repelled by the French as I was attracted by their country."
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"In real love you want the other person's good. In romantic love you want the other person."
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