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“Writing is turning one's worst moments into money.”

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J. P. Donleavy is an Irish-American novelist born on April 23, 1926. Known for his unique humor and satirical style, his works include 'The Ginger Man' and 'The Dubliners'. more

“Writing isn't generally a lucrative source of income; only a few, exceptional writers reach the income levels associated with the best-sellers. Rather, most of us write because we can make a modest living, or even supplement our day jobs, doing something about which we feel passionately. Even at the worst of times, when nothing goes right, when the prose is clumsy and the ideas feel stale, at least we're doing something that we genuinely love. There's no other reason to work this hard, except that love.”

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“The only two kinds of books could earn an American writer a living are cookbooks and detective novels.”

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“The pen is the tongue of the mind.”

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Book:Don Quixote

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“I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.”

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Author:Arthur C. Clarke

“The spirit of creation is the spirit of contradiction. It is the breakthrough of appearances toward an unknown reality.”

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Author:Jean Cocteau

“In my experience, the best creative work is never done when one is unhappy.”

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Author:Albert Einstein

“Writing, I explained, was mainly an attempt to out-argue one's past; to present events in such a light that battles lost in life were either won on paper or held to a draw.”

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Book:Ackroyd

Source: Ackroyd

“If you are pointing out one of the things a story is about, then you are very probably right; if you are pointing out the only thing a story is about you are very probably wrong - even if you're the author.”

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Author:Neil Gaiman

“Writers seldom write the things they think. They simply write the things they think other folks think they think.”

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Book:Contemplations: Being Several Short Essays Helpful Sermonettes, Epigrams and Orphic Sayings

Source: Contemplations: Being Several Short Essays Helpful Sermonettes, Epigrams and Orphic Sayings

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