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I must apologise because I know all writers have memories of being on the outer because it's the children on the side of the playground who become the dangerous writers. ↗

— Thomas Keneally

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There are actors who can pull of a writer's lines; I am not competent enough to do that. ↗

— Salman Khan

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The moving finger writes, and having written moves on. Nor all thy piety nor all thy wit, can cancel half a line of it. ↗

— Omar Khayyam

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I always want to write something better than the last book. ↗

— Tracy Kidder

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I'm very happy to sing whatever I'm singing. I've always enjoyed any role I've been given at a certain time. They've all been favourites, they've all been wonderful pieces to play. ↗

— Joan Sutherland

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Aesthetic enthusiasm. Perception of beauty in the external world, or, on the other hand, in words and their right arrangement. Pleasure in the impact of one sound on another, in the firmness of good prose or the rhythm of a good story. Desire to share an experience which one feels is valuable and ought not to be missed. The aesthetic motive is very feeble in a lot of writers, but even a pamphleteer or writer of textbooks will have pet words and phrases which appeal to him for non-utilitarian reasons; or he may feel strongly about typography, width of margins, etc. Above the level of a railway guide, no book is quite free from aesthetic considerations. ↗

— George Orwell

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My sensibility steers me toward writers who are out on their own. ↗

— Tahar Ben Jelloun

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As is said about most writers: on the one hand all I ever did from when I was a child was read, and I was a loner, which was furthered by my parents and my upbringing. ↗

— Elfriede Jelinek

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I cannot stand public attention, I just can't. Of course, if I may I might write something instead. ↗

— Elfriede Jelinek

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I learned that the only way you are going to get anywhere in life is to work hard at it. Whether you're a musician, a writer, an athlete or a businessman, there is no getting around it. If you do, you'll win - if you don't, you won't. ↗

— Bruce Jenner

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