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F(rancis) Scott (Key) Fitzgerald, 1896-1940
To write it, it took three months; to conceive it — three minutes; to collect the data in it — all my life.
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Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, 1804-1881
He was one of those men who think that the world can be saved by writing a pamphlet.
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George Eliot (Mary Ann Evans), 1819-1880
When one is grateful for something too good for common thanks, writing is less unsatisfactory than speech — one does not, at least, hear how inadequate the words are.
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Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, 1749-1832
If any man wish to write in a clear style, let him be first clear in his thoughts; and if any would write in a noble style, let him first possess a noble soul.
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W(illiam) Somerset Maugham, 1874-1965
There are three rules for writing the novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.
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Benjamin Disraeli, 1st Earl of Beaconsfield, 1804-1881
The best way to become acquainted with a subject is to write a book about it.
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Oscar (Fingall O'Flahertie Wills) Wilde, 1854-1900
He has never written a single book, so you can imagine how much he knows.
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Cyril (Vernon) Connolly, 1903-1974
Always be nice to those younger than you, because they are the ones who will be writing about you.
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Friedrich (Wilhelm) Nietzsche, 1844-1900
That everybody is allowed to learn to read spoileth in the long run not only writing but thinking.
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George Orwell (Eric Arthur Blair), 1903-1950
If people cannot write well, they cannot think well, and if they cannot think well, others will do their thinking for them.
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