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    Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him out to the public.

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A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read more

A great value of antiquity lies in the fact that its writings are the only ones that modern men still read with exactness.

by Friedrich Nietzsche Found in: Writing Quotes,
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I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

I love talking about nothing. It is the only thing I know anything about.

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I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember read more

I write down everything I want to remember. That way, instead of spending a lot of time trying to remember what it is I wrote down, I spend the time looking for the paper I wrote it down on.

by Beryl Pfizer Found in: Writing Quotes,
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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.

by Olin Miller Found in: Writing Quotes,
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Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

Write your injuries in dust, your benefits in marble.

by Benjamin Franklin Found in: Writing Quotes,
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Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

Writing is not a profession but a vocation of unhappiness

by Georges Simenon Found in: Writing Quotes,
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Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, read more

Be yourself. Above all, let who you are, what you are, what you believe, shine through every sentence you write, every piece you finish.

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Writing is thinking on paper.

Writing is thinking on paper.

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Write without pay until somebody offers to pay

Write without pay until somebody offers to pay

by Mark Twain Found in: Writing Quotes,
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