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“A daydreamer is prepared for most things.”
― Joyce Carol Oates

“Any activity becomes creative when the doer cares about doing it right, or better.”
― John Updike

“Try to learn to let what is unfair teach you.”
― David Foster Wallace, Infinite Jest

“Laughter and tears are both responses to frustration and exhaustion. I myself prefer to laugh, since there is less cleaning up to do afterward.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

“What really knocks me out is a book that, when you're all done reading it, you wish the author that wrote it was a terrific friend of yours and you could call him up on the phone whenever you felt like it. That doesn't happen much, though.”
― J.D. Salinger, The Catcher in the Rye

“The scariest moment is always just before you start.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“Remember it all, every insult, every tear. Tattoo it on the inside of your mind. In life, knowledge of poisons is essential. I've told you, nobody becomes an artist unless they have to.”
― Janet Fitch