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The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.
The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone's neurosis.
Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature.
Our high respect for a well-read man is praise enough of literature.
The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but read more
The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock - shock is a worn-out word - but astonish.
I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some read more
I have been a believer in the magic of language since, at a very early age, I discovered that some words got me into trouble and others got me out.
Every man's memory is his private literature.
Every man's memory is his private literature.
Everywhere I go, I'm asked if the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.
Everywhere I go, I'm asked if the universities stifle writers. My opinion is that they don't stifle enough of them.
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
Literature is a luxury; fiction is a necessity.
Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.
Writing is the hardest way of earning a living, with the possible exception of wrestling alligators.
