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Leo Rosten

"The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that perhaps, is what makes him different from others."

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"The writer wants to be understood much more than he wants to be respected or praised or even loved. And that perhaps, is what makes him different from others."

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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."

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

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"Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself."

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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."

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"My writings are my letters to the universe, who loved me like a mother."

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"Love is easy, and I love writing. You can't resist love. You get an idea, someone says something, and you're in love."

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"Writing is a disease of the mind, which is expressed through a pen."

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"A writer's primary goal is to make sense. The bookstore's is to make cents."

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"The eloquence of the pen is just as sharp as the point of a sword."

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"A writer writes not because he is educated but because he is driven by the need to communicate. Behind the need to communicate is the need to share. Behind the need to share is the need to be understood."
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"Truth is stranger than fiction; fiction has to make sense."
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