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Voltaire

"Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another."

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"Originality is nothing but judicious imitation. The most original writers borrowed one from another."

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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."

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"Scotland consistently produces world-class writers."

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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."

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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."

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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."

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

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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!"

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

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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."

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"Payment and reserved copyright are at bottom the ruin of literature. Only he who writes entirely for the sake of what he has to say writes anything worth writing. It is as if there were a curse on money: every writer writes badly as soon as he starts writing for gain."

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