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“Stupidity is no excuse of not thinking.”

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Stanislaw Jerzy Lec was a Polish poet, writer, and satirist. Known for his wit, humor, and profound insights, his works often explore human behavior and moral issues through satire and allegory. more

“Fitzgerald never got rid of anything; the ghosts of his adolescence, the failures of his youth, the doubts of his maturity plagued him to the end. He was supremely a part of the world he described, so much a part that he made himself its king and then, when he saw it begin to crumble, he crumbled with it and led it to death.”

World Writing Made Ends Doubt Saws Youth Kings Ghost Maturity Adolescence

Author:John Aldridge

“I'm not sure I would have ever started to draw, let alone write, if my childhood hadn't been so happy. It was a mixture of comfort and adventure. An excellent mixture!”

Ifs Writing Childhood Adventure Comfort Draws Excellent Not Sure Mixtures

Author:Tove Jansson

“Every bush can burn if you fire it with your imagination.”

Ifs Writing Imagination Fire Positive Atheism

Author:Stanislaw Jerzy Lec

“I don't know where my ideas come from, but I know where they come to. They come to my desk, and if I'm not there, they go away again.”

Ifs Knows Writing Ideas Going Away Desks

Book:Daemon Voices: Essays on Storytelling

Source: Daemon Voices: Essays on Storytelling

“Why would anybody lie? The truth is always more colourful.”

Writing Lying Truth Is Colourful

Author:Jerry Hall

“I once asked Barbara Stanwyck the secret of acting. She said: 'Just be truthful - and if you can fake that, you've got it made'.”

Ifs Writing Made Said Acting Secret Fake Truthful Being Truthful Barbara

Author:Fred MacMurray

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