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    Isaac Bashevis Singer
    “A freelance writer is paid per word, per piece, perhaps.”
    ― Isaac Bashevis Singer
    tags: writing, writing-life
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    Harlan Ellison
    “The two most common elements in the universe are Hydrogen and stupidity.”
    ― Harlan Ellison
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    Harlan Ellison
    “If you make people think they're thinking, they'll love you; but if you really make them think, they'll hate you.”
    ― Harlan Ellison
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    Stephen King
    “If you don't have time to read, you don't have the time (or the tools) to write. Simple as that.”
    ― Stephen King
    tags: reading, writing
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    Stephen King
    “A short story is a different thing altogether – a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger.”
    ― Stephen King, Skeleton Crew
    tags: reading, writing
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    Isaac Asimov
    “If my doctor told me I had only six minutes to live, I wouldn't brood. I'd type a little faster.”
    ― Isaac Asimov
    tags: humor, writing
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    Isaac Asimov
    “Properly read, the Bible is the most potent force for atheism ever conceived.”
    ― Isaac Asimov
    tags: atheism, bible, organized-religion, religion
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    John Steinbeck
    “To be alive at all is to have scars.”
    ― John Steinbeck, The Winter of Our Discontent
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    Neil Gaiman
    “Stories may well be lies, but they are good lies that say true things, and which can sometimes pay the rent.”
    ― Neil Gaiman
    tags: writing
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    Neil Gaiman
    “You get ideas from daydreaming. You get ideas from being bored. You get ideas all the time. The only difference between writers and other people is we notice when we're doing it.”
    ― Neil Gaiman
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    Ray Bradbury
    “Learning to let go should be learned before learning to get. Life should be touched, not strangled. You’ve got to relax, let it happen at times, and at others move forward with it.”
    ― Ray Bradbury
    tags: buddhism, common-sense, life, zen
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    Ray Bradbury
    “Without libraries what have we? We have no past and no future.”
    ― Ray Bradbury
    tags: books, future, libraries, past
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    R.A. Salvatore
    “It is better, I think, to grab at the stars than to sit flustered because you know you cannot reach them.”
    ― R.A. Salvatore, Sojourn
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    R.A. Salvatore
    “If you can quit, then quit. If you can't quit, you're a writer.”
    ― R.A. Salvatore
    tags: advice, perseverance, writing
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    Andrew Vachss
    “It's the family you choose that counts.”
    ― Andrew Vachss
    tags: family
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    S.E. Hinton
    “I lie to myself all the time. But I never believe me.”
    ― S.E. Hinton, The Outsiders
    tags: lies, lying, self-deception, truth
    6455 likes



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