"An older author is constantly rediscovering himself in the more or less fossilized productions of his earlier years."

Writing, Aging, Self-Reflection, Creativity

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"For a writer it's a genuinely interesting and hopefully profitable era that makes a variety of books available to a variety of readers, extending both what's available and who gets to read it."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

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"I have no problem in moving a date one way or another or coming up with a subplot that gets my characters in (or out) of a fix more rambunctiously than the extant records show."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

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"Scotland consistently produces world-class writers."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

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"A writer writesregardless...even though...notwithstanding...despite...at any rate...anyhow...nevertheless...in the face of...undeterred by...heedless of...and because.The true writer simply continues to write."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"What I've learned about writing is that sometimes less is more, while often more is grander. And both are true."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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"If you read something, what you have written you ain't gonna like it...- It sounds horrible... so write don't read your own stuff."

Deyth Banger, American Blogger

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"Actually, I enjoy the process of writing a big long novel."

Donna Tartt, American Novelist

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"If you want to be a good writer, internalize the good writers; absorb them; integrate with their souls; embrace their minds; mingle with their life stories; in short, merge with them, lose yourself in them!"

Mehmet Murat ildan, Turkish Philosopher

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"This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read."

Winston Churchill, English Statesman

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"I've always considered writing the most hateful kind of work. I suspect it's a bit like fucking, which is only fun for amateurs. Old whores don't do much giggling."

Hunter S. Thompson, American Journalist

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"The man who thinks his wife his baby his house his horse his dog and himself severely unequalled is almost sure to be a good-humored person."

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"The longing for certainty ... is in every human mind. But certainty is generally illusion."

Philosophy

"Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?"

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"Beware how you take away hope from another human being."

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"The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn."

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"For a writer it's a genuinely interesting and hopefully profitable era that makes a variety of books available to a variety of readers, extending both what's available and who gets to read it."

"I have no problem in moving a date one way or another or coming up with a subplot that gets my characters in (or out) of a fix more rambunctiously than the extant records show."

"Scotland consistently produces world-class writers."

"A writer writesregardless...even though...notwithstanding...despite...at any rate...anyhow...nevertheless...in the face of...undeterred by...heedless of...and because.The true writer simply continues to write."

"What I've learned about writing is that sometimes less is more, while often more is grander. And both are true."

"If you read something, what you have written you ain't gonna like it...- It sounds horrible... so write don't read your own stuff."

"Actually, I enjoy the process of writing a big long novel."

"If you want to be a good writer, internalize the good writers; absorb them; integrate with their souls; embrace their minds; mingle with their life stories; in short, merge with them, lose yourself in them!"

"This report, by its very length, defends itself against the risk of being read."

"I've always considered writing the most hateful kind of work. I suspect it's a bit like fucking, which is only fun for amateurs. Old whores don't do much giggling."

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"The man who thinks his wife his baby his house his horse his dog and himself severely unequalled is almost sure to be a good-humored person."

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"The longing for certainty ... is in every human mind. But certainty is generally illusion."

"Don't you stay at home of evenings? Don't you love a cushioned seat in a corner, by the fireside, with your slippers on your feet?"

"Memories, imagination, old sentiments, and associations are more readily reached through the sense of smell than through any other channel."

"Beware how you take away hope from another human being."

"The man who is always worrying about whether or not his soul would be damned generally has a soul that isn't worth a damn."