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“A poem is true if it hangs together. Information points to something else. A poem points to nothing but itself.” – E.M. Forster

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“I might repeat to myself, slowly and soothingly, a list of quotations beautiful from minds profound; if I can remember any of the damn things.” – Dorothy Parker

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“I change my story by changing what I believe about myself. When I clean up the lies I believe about myself, the lies I believe about other people change. Every time I change myself, my whole story changes to adapt to the new main character.” – Don Miguel Ruiz

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“The best time to plan a book is while you are doing the dishes.” – Agatha Christie

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“Coleridge was a drug addict. Poe was an alcoholic. Marlowe was killed by a man whom he was treacherously trying to stab. Pope took money to keep a woman’s name out of a satire then wrote a piece so that she could still be recognized anyhow. Chatterton killed himself. Byron was accused of incest. Do you still want to a writer – and if so, why?” – Bennett Cerf

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“The bottom line is that blogging is like sex. You can’t fake it. You can’t fake passion.” – Kevin Anderson

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“Reading usually precedes writing and the impulse to write is almost always fired by reading. Reading, the love of reading, is what makes you dream of becoming a writer.”  - Susan Sontag

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“Writing is the best way to talk without being interrupted.” - Jules Renard

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“For me, writing is exploration; and most of the time, I’m surprised where the journey takes me.” - Jack Dann

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“One nice thing about putting the thing away for a couple of months before looking at it is that you start appreciate your own wit. Of course, this can be carried too far. But it’s kind of cool when you crack up a piece of writing, and then realize you wrote it. I recommend this feeling.” – Steven Brust

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