"I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of."

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"I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of."

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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."

Haruki Murakami, Japanese Writer

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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."

Terry Pratchett, English Author

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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."

Richelle E. Goodrich, American Poet

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

Debasish Mridha, American Author

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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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John Geddes, Canadian Author

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

Matshona Dhliwayo, Zimbabwean Philosopher

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"A writer illuminates the lights of her heart so that everyone can see themselves in the mirror of her thoughts."

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"I've been as bad an influence on American literature as anyone I can think of."

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"I deserve all the love you can spare me. And I want a lot more than I deserve."

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"It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun."

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"People always say things like, Oh, well, he was suffering so much that he was better off dying. But that's not true. You're always better off living."

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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."

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

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

"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."

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

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

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

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"I deserve all the love you can spare me. And I want a lot more than I deserve."

"It's sometimes better to pretend I don't hear the sound of somebody in the nearby woods with a shotgun."

"Thanks for the information about what we call business."

"People always say things like, Oh, well, he was suffering so much that he was better off dying. But that's not true. You're always better off living."