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A writer is a person for whom writing is more difficult than it is for other people.
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Thomas Mann (1875 - 1955)
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There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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W. Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965)
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A prose writer gets tired of writing prose, and wants to be a poet. So he begins every line with a capital letter, and keeps on writing prose.
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Samuel McChord Crothers
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It took me fifteen years to discover that I had no talent for writing, but I couldn't give it up because by that time I was too famous.
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Robert Benchley (1889 - 1945)
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Rage is the only quality which has kept me, or anybody I have ever studied, writing columns for newspapers.
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Jimmy Breslin
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Advice to writers: Sometimes you just have to stop writing. Even before you begin.
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Stanislaw J. Lec (1909 - 1966), "Unkempt Thoughts"
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The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.
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Edwin Schlossberg
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Typos are very important to all written form. It gives the reader something to look for so they aren't distracted by the total lack of content in your writing.
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Randy K. Milholland, Something Positive Comic, 07-03-05
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Writing well means never having to say, 'I guess you had to be there.'
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Jef Mallett, Frazz, 07-29-07
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He was one of those men who think that the world can be saved by writing a pamphlet.
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Benjamin Disraeli (1804 - 1881)
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