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Fundamentally, I think of myself as a storyteller, not a writer. ↗

— Tom Clancy

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There are few words in the music business or in art that I'll say people or some writers are overgenerous with words like 'legend' or 'genius', 'he's a pioneer' and all of that. ↗

— Stanley Clarke

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As repressed sadists are supposed to become policemen or butchers, so those with an irrational fear of life become publishers. ↗

— Cyril Connolly

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Professional writers write to fit ↗

— Pamela Glass Kelly

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...If I ever got sloppy and maudlin, it would be for the streets of my childhood—but no self- respecting writer should ever eulogize a slum... ↗

— John Geddes

#eulogy #maudlin #muse #slum #streets

That's really what was wonderful for me growing up, since I got to know so many of the songwriters who liked me and thought I had talent. They would then tell me how to read a lyric and sing a song, and challenge me to try and find a different end to a song. ↗

— Margaret Whiting

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Before there were books, we read each other. ↗

— Lisa Cron

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All I really want to do today is go to the book store, drink coffee and read. ↗

— Ann Marie Frohoff

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A non-writing writer is a monster courting insanity. ↗

— Franz Kafka

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The most essential gift for a good writer is a built-in, shockproof, shit detector. ↗

— Ernest Hemingway

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