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    Stephen King
    “I think that we're all mentally ill. Those of us outside the asylums only hide it a little better - and maybe not all that much better after all.”
    ― Stephen King
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    Saul Bellow
    “You never have to change anything you got up in the middle of the night to write.”
    ― Saul Bellow
    tags: imagination, inspiration, writing
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    Alfred Hitchcock
    “I'm a writer and, therefore, automatically a suspicious character.”
    ― Alfred Hitchcock
    tags: alfred-hitchcock
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    I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control
    “I'm selfish, impatient and a little insecure. I make mistakes, I am out of control and at times hard to handle. But if you can't handle me at my worst, then you sure as hell don't deserve me at my best.”
    ― Marilyn Monroe
    tags: attributed-no-source, best, life, love, misattributed-marilyn-monroe, mistakes, out-of-control, truth, worst
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Women and cats will do as they please, and men and dogs should relax and get used to the idea.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein
    tags: cats, humor, women
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    I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.
    “I have always imagined that Paradise will be a kind of library.”
    ― Jorge Luis Borges
    tags: books, library
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    Théophile Gautier
    “Chance is perhaps the pseudonym of God when he does not want to sign.”
    ― Théophile Gautier
    tags: misattributed-to-einstein
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    George V. Higgins
    “This life’s hard, but it’s harder if you’re stupid.”
    ― George V. Higgins, The Friends of Eddie Coyle
    tags: humor, life, misattributed-john-wayne
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    Chuck Palahniuk
    “We all die. The goal isn't to live forever, the goal is to create something that will.”
    ― Chuck Palahniuk, Diary
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    Pablo Picasso
    “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist once he grows up.”
    ― Pablo Picasso
    tags: attributed-no-source
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    Erasmus
    “When I have a little money, I buy books; and if I have any left, I buy food and clothes.”
    ― Desiderius Erasmus Roterodamus
    tags: books
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    Shel Silverstein
    “Listen to the mustn'ts, child. Listen to the don'ts. Listen to the shouldn'ts, the impossibles, the won'ts. Listen to the never haves, then listen close to me... Anything can happen, child. Anything can be.”
    ― Shel Silverstein
    tags: anything-can-be, hope, impossible, inspirational, musn-t, possibilities, shouldn-t, won-t
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    Aaron Copland
    “To stop the flow of music would be like the stopping of time itself, incredible and inconceivable.”
    ― Aaron Copland
    tags: music
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    Émile Zola
    “If you ask me what I came to do in this world, I, an artist, will answer you: I am here to live out loud.”
    ― Émile Zola
    tags: art, calling, life
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    John Steinbeck
    “Maybe ever’body in the whole damn world is scared of each other.”
    ― John Steinbeck, Of Mice and Men
    tags: loneliness, people, scared, world
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    Dr. Seuss
    “Be awesome! Be a book nut!”
    ― Dr. Seuss
    tags: books
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    Jarod Kintz
    “I think the key indicator for wealth is not good grades, work ethic, or IQ. I believe it's relationships. Ask yourself two questions: How many people do I know, and how much ransom money could I get for each one?”
    ― Jarod Kintz
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    Robert A. Heinlein
    “Happiness consists in getting enough sleep. Just that, nothing more.”
    ― Robert A. Heinlein, Starship Troopers
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    W. Somerset Maugham
    “There are three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”
    ― W. Somerset Maugham
    tags: writing
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    Leo Tolstoy
    “If you look for perfection, you'll never be content.”
    ― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
    tags: perfection
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    Leo Tolstoy
    “Be bad, but at least don't be a liar, a deceiver!”
    ― Leo Tolstoy, Anna Karenina
    tags: bad, liar
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    Neil Gaiman
    “Everybody has a secret world inside of them. I mean everybody. All of the people in the whole world, I mean everybody — no matter how dull and boring they are on the outside. Inside them they've all got unimaginable, magnificent, wonderful, stupid, amazing worlds... Not just one world. Hundreds of them. Thousands, maybe.”
    ― Neil Gaiman, The Sandman, Vol. 5: A Game of You
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    Stephen King
    “Books are the perfect entertainment: no commercials, no batteries, hours of enjoyment for each dollar spent. What I wonder is why everybody doesn't carry a book around for those inevitable dead spots in life.”
    ― Stephen King
    tags: books
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    Virginia Woolf
    “Lock up your libraries if you like; but there is no gate, no lock, no bolt that you can set upon the freedom of my mind.”
    ― Virginia Woolf, A Room of One’s Own
    tags: freedom, women, writing
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    John Irving
    “You've got to get obsessed and stay obsessed.”
    ― John Irving, The Hotel New Hampshire
    tags: humor, life-lessons, wrestling
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  • #27
    Daphne du Maurier
    “But luxury has never appealed to me, I like simple things, books, being alone, or with somebody who understands.”
    ― Daphne du Maurier
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    Frank Zappa
    “So many books, so little time.”
    ― Frank Zappa
    tags: books, humor
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    Voltaire
    “Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.”
    ― Voltaire
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    David Hockney
    “I think I’m greedy, but I’m not greedy for money - I think that can be a burden - I’m greedy for an exciting life.”
    ― David Hockney
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    Phyllis McGinley
    “A bit of trash now and then is good for the severest reader. It provides the necessary roughage in the literary diet.”
    ― Phyllis McGinley
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