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John Steinbeck

"The design of a book is the pattern of a reality controlled and shaped by the mind of a writer."

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"The design of a book is the pattern of a reality controlled and shaped by the mind of a writer."

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Amber Hurdle

"The future is created by those who have a great imagination and the will to make it a reality by their actions."

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"A creative mind is a spark of divinity."

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Amber Hurdle

"Flawed genius is better than flawless talent."

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Amber Hurdle

"People have many cruel expectations from writers. People expect novelists to live on a hill with three kids and a spouse, people expect children's story writers to never have sex, and people expect all great poets to be dead. And these are all very difficult expectations to fulfill, I think."

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Amber Hurdle

"I write to fill my mind with the ecstasy of life."

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Amber Hurdle

"If imagination is your wealth, then ideas are your abode."

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Amber Hurdle

"It feels good to read book. But it is grander to write book."

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Amber Hurdle

"Be daring to push your ideas forward."

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