"I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure."

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"I don't believe for one moment you can write well what you wouldn't read for pleasure."

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"I know that two and two make four - and should be glad to prove it too if I could - though I must say if by any sort of process I could convert 2 and 2 into five it would give me much greater pleasure."

Lord Byron, British Poet

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"My senses are alive with pleasure and joy."

Amy Leigh Mercree, American Author

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"The mere brute pleasure of reading - the sort of pleasure a cow must have in grazing."

Lord Chesterfield, British Statesman

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"Joy is not a substitute for sex, sex is very often a substitute for Joy. I sometimes wonder whether all pleasures are not substitutes for Joy."

C. S. Lewis, British Author

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"To kill a relative of whom you are tired is something. But to inherit his property afterwards, that is genuine pleasure."

Honore de Balzac, French Novelist

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"Laugh, enjoy and pleasure make you live more."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

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"Buying is a profound pleasure."

Simone de Beauvoir, French Writer

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"One does not get better but different and older and that is always a pleasure."

Gertrude Stein, American Author

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"No one can read with profit that which he cannot learn to read with pleasure."

Thomas Hardy, English Novelist

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"... I experienced, suddenly, that special pleasure, which bore no resemblance to any other..."

Marcel Proust, French Author

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"Not everyone who loves music can play the tune."

Art

"Excuse me? Tonight you represent every dateless woman in this city, every woman who's about to sit down to a lonely meal of Weight Watchers past primavera she's just nuked in the microwave. Every woman who will get into bed tonight with a book or reruns of Sex and the City as her only companion. You are our shining hope....But no pressure."

Social

"That woman doesn't have the sense God gave a retarded flea."

Humor

"The story was told, generation by generation, in song and in story, until time misted it into myth and legend. But some believed, as legends brought comfort."

Literature

"I've gotten to know a number of readers from being online, and really treasure the time I've spent with them."

Time

"Grab it while you can because tomorrow could suck you dry."

Motivation

"I can't believe what a state I got myself into over this. Everyone was right. They said it would just happen, and it did. I guess the best things do."

Life

"Actually, I find it great fun to develop family series with lots of characters."

Family

"I don't think you can write - at least not well - if you don't love stories, love the written word."

Love

"I am what I am and I can't change it. I know how to cope and how to get by. I don't want or expect anyone to stand with me. I don't need anyone to. I've learned to accept my life just the way it is, and I don't give a damn if you or anyone else doesn't."

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