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“When something can be read without effort, great effort has gone into its writing.”

Enrique Jardiel Poncela quotes (Spanish writer, 1901-1952)

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“Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary.”

Jessamyn West quotes (American Writer, 1902-1984)

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“A home without books is a body without soul.”

Marcus Tullius Cicero quotes (Ancient Roman Lawyer, Writer, Scholar, Orator and Statesman, 106 BC-43 BC)

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“Writing is a solitary occupation. Family, friends, and society are the natural enemies of the writer. He must be alone, uninterrupted, and slightly savage if he is to sustain and complete an undertaking.”

Jessamyn West quotes (American Writer, 1902-1984)

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“Writing a novel is like making love, but it's also like having a tooth pulled. Pleasure and pain. Sometimes it's like making love while having a tooth pulled.”

Dean Koontz quotes (American author)

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“If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.”

Lord Byron quotes (English Romantic poet and satirist, 1788-1824)

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“Writing is the most fun you can have by yourself.”

Terry Pratchett quotes (English Writer, b.1948)

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“The most solid advice for a writer is this, I think: Try to learn to breathe deeply, really to taste food when you eat, and when you sleep really to sleep. Try as much as possible to be wholly alive with all your might, and when you laugh, laugh like hell. And when you get angry, get good and angry. Try to be alive. You will be dead soon enough”

William Saroyan quotes (American Writer known for his stories celebrating the joy of living in spite of poverty. 1908-1981)

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“Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.”

Moliere quotes (French Actor, Playwright and Writer the greatest of all writers of French comedy, 1622-1673)

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“The waste basket is the writer's best friend.”

Isaac Bashevis Singer quotes (Polish-born American writer 1904-1991)

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“If you would not be forgotton as soon as you are dead and rotten, Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.”

Benjamin Franklin quotes (American Statesman, Scientist, Philosopher, Printer, Writer and Inventor. 1706-1790)

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