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“A good story cannot be devised; it has to be distilled.”
― Raymond Chandler

“My most important piece of advice to all you would-be writers: When you write, try to leave out all the parts readers skip.”
― Elmore Leonard, Elmore Leonard's 10 Rules of Writing

“Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass.”
― Anton Chekhov

“Every saint has a past, and every sinner has a future.”
― Oscar Wilde

“soles occidere et redire possunt:
nobis cum semel occidit breuis lux,
nox est perpetua una dormienda. ”
― Catullus, Carmina

“Writing is one long session of insecurity and fear punctuated by occasional elation. Which is why so many of us are on Twitter.”
― Kelli Stanley