"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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"Writing. Is it a way to be remembered,or a need to become immortal?"

Toba Beta, Indonesian Author

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"I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine."

Emily Dickinson, American Poet

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"Between the lines of every book the writer reveals their own secrets."

Chloe Thurlow, British Novelist

Writing, Secrets, Observation, Insight

"My whole theory of writing I can sum up in one sentence. An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward."

F. Scott Fitzgerald, American Author

Writing, Creativity, Youth, Legacy

"Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be."

Mark Twain, American Author

Writing, Time, Will

"Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open."

Stephen King, American Author

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"Scotland consistently produces world-class writers."

Sara Sheridan, Scottish Author

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"Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years."

George Stephen, Canadian Businessman

Writing, Years

"When one is writing a novel in the first person, one must be that person."

Daphne du Maurier, English Novelist

Writing, First

"Her love of words is a private passion - one she would rather not share. In the house of her childhood though everything had to be shared. If she tried to hold anything back, they would search and find the hidden places. Her written words, discovered, read were just the source of more pain and punishment. This was why she loved poetry. They did not always understand it so they left it alone."

bell hooks, American Critic

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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."

Soul

"If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end."

Mortality

"Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God."

Age

"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?"

Home

"If I had a formula for bypassing trouble I wouldn't pass it around. Wouldn't be doing anybody a favour. Trouble creates a capacity to handle it. I don't say embrace trouble. That's as bad as treating it as an enemy. But I do say meet it as a friend for you'll see a lot of it and had better be on speaking terms with it."

Resilience

"It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living."

Faith

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

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"Writing. Is it a way to be remembered,or a need to become immortal?"

"I know nothing in the world that has as much power as a word. Sometimes I write one, and I look at it, until it begins to shine."

"Between the lines of every book the writer reveals their own secrets."

"My whole theory of writing I can sum up in one sentence. An author ought to write for the youth of his own generation, the critics of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward."

"Substitute "damn" every time you're inclined to write "very"; your editor will delete it and the writing will be just as it should be."

"Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open."

"Scotland consistently produces world-class writers."

"Actually, the 14 novels were written over a period of just over 6 years."

"When one is writing a novel in the first person, one must be that person."

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"But friendship is the breathing rose, with sweets in every fold."

"Certainty generally is illusion and repose is not the destiny of man."

"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."

"If I were dying, my last words would be: Have faith and pursue the unknown end."

"Young man, the secret of my success is that an early age I discovered that I was not God."

"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?"

"It's faith in something and enthusiasm for something that makes a life worth living."

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