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Terry Southern
“The important thing in writing is the capacity to astonish. Not shock—shock is a worn-out word—but astonish.”
Terry Southern

Zadie Smith
“The past is always tense, the future perfect.”
Zadie Smith

If you don't like someone's story, write your own.
“If you don't like someone's story, write your own.”
Chinua Achebe

Elbert Hubbard
“To avoid criticism say nothing, do nothing, be nothing.”
Elbert Hubbard, Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great Vol. 3: American Statesmen

Ian McEwan
“It wasn't only wickedness and scheming that made people unhappy, it was confusion and misunderstanding; above all, it was the failure to grasp the simple truth that other people are as real as you.”
Ian McEwan, Atonement

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