"Sit down and put down everything that comes into your head and then you're a writer. But an author is one who can judge his own stuff's worth, without pity, and destroy most of it."

Sidonie Gabrielle Colette, French Novelist

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Jonathan Coe, English Novelist

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Alberto Moravia, Italian Novelist

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W. Somerset Maugham, British Playwright

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George Henry Lewes, English Philosopher

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Marianne Moore, American Poet

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"If I have any regrets, I could say that I'm sorry I wasn't a better writer or a better singer."

"It's okay to be a bad writer if you have something to say."

"I think new writers everywhere need opportunities to get published."

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"Sincerity is not a spontaneous flower nor is modesty either."

"What a wonderful life I've had! I only wish I'd realized it sooner."

"A woman who thinks she is intelligent demands the same rights as man. An intelligent woman gives up."

"In the matter of furnishing, I find a certain absence of ugliness far worse than ugliness."

"To a poet, silence is an acceptable response, even a flattering one."

"You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm."

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