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A novelist is similar to a triathlete. Train hard every day. You will be timed and measured. Budget to promote, grow, and be without fear. ↗

— Caroline Gerardo

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If God didn't want me to cross boundaries, then he wouldn't have made me a writer. ↗

— Shannon L. Alder

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I am by nature a dealer in words, and words are the most powerful drug known to humanity. ↗

— Rudyard Kipling

#writers-on-writing #inspirational

We as authors sign a pact with our readers; they'll go on reading because they trust us to play fair with them and deliver what we've promised. ↗

— Pamela Glass Kelly

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For the length of time it takes to write a book, you need to believe that you’re the only writer in existence; the only one who matters. You need to shut yourself away and allow the creativity to build up, not leak out through worry and comparisons and doubt. ↗

— Martin Cosgrove

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You don't write because you want to say something; you write because you've got something to say. ↗

— F. Scott Fitzgerald

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Writer's block is caused by forcing your will on the Divine. ↗

— Chriscinthia Blount

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Men loved her but she was the woman, all women loved to hate. She was Bridget Jones gone wrong. She knew the price of everything and the value of nothing. ↗

— Annette J. Dunlea

#annette-j-dunlea #irish-writer #love

All that is necessary to break the spell of inertia and frustration is this: Act as if it were impossible to fail. That is the talisman, the formula, the command of right-about-face which turns us from failure towards success. ~Dorothea Brande ↗

— Dorothea Brande

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The Massalians are not dualists but monarchians, and they have dealings with the infernal powers, and in fact some texts call them Borborites, from borboros, filth, because of the unspeakable things they do." "What do they do?" "The usual unspeakable things. Men and women hold in the palm of their hand, and raise to heaven, their own ignominy, namely, sperm or menstruum, then eat it, calling it the Body of Christ. And if by chance a woman is made pregnant, at the opportune moment they stick a hand into her womb, pull out the embryo, throw it into a mortar, mix in some honey and pepper, and gobble it up." "How revolting, honey and pepper!" Diotallevi said. ↗

— Umberto Eco

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