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    The ability of writers to imagine what is not the self, to familiarize the strange and mystify the familiar, is the test of their power.

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Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

Creative writers are always greater than the causes that they represent.

by E. M. Forster Found in: Writers Quotes,
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Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure read more

Like all writers, he measured the achievements of others by what they had accomplished, asking of them that they measure him by what he envisaged or planned.

by Jorge Luis Borges Found in: Writers Quotes,
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He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.

He lives the poetry that he cannot write. The others write the poetry that they dare not realise.

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For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.

For your born writer, nothing is so healing as the realization that he has come upon the right word.

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Every writer I know has trouble writing.

Every writer I know has trouble writing.

by Joseph Heller Found in: Writers Quotes,
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Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood

Of all that is written, I love only what a person has written with his own blood

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Writers Quotes,
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Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

Some editors are failed writers, but so are most writers.

by T. S. Eliot Found in: Writers Quotes,
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The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.

The writer, when he is also an artist, is someone who admits what others don't dare reveal.

by Elia Kazan Found in: Writers Quotes,
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I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning

I write when I'm inspired, and I see to it that I'm inspired at nine o'clock every morning

by Peter De Vries Found in: Writers Quotes,
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