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“If one waits for the right time to come before writing, the right time never comes.”

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A compilation of personal and professional exchanges that delve into the complexities of human connection and introspection. more

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James Russell Lowell

James Russell Lowell was an American poet, born on February 22, 1819, and died on August 12, 1891. His poetry is known for its profound social insights and admiration for nature. more

“The puritanism of Christianity has played havoc with the moderation that an enlightened and tolerant critical spirit would have produced. I've noticed that in whatever country, county, town, or other region there is a regulation enjoining temperance, the population seems to be entirely composed of teetotallers and drunkards. There's a Bible on that shelf there. But I keep it next to Voltaire - poison and antidote.”

“The way to write well is to live intensely.”

Way Writing Wells

Author:Virginia Woolf

“The fight against bad English is not frivolous.”

Fighting Frivolous

Book:A Collection of Essays

Source: A Collection of Essays

“The only reason people write is because they are not wonderful men.”

People Men Writing Reason Wonderful Wonderful Man

Author:Anthony J. Carson

“There is no need for the writer to eat a whole sheep to be able to tell you what mutton tastes like. It is enough if he eats a cutlet. But he should do that.”

Ifs Needs Should Enough Whole Able Taste Sheep Mutton

Book:A Writer's Notebook

Source: A Writer's Notebook

“There are two kinds of writers, those who are and those who aren't. With the first, content and form belong together like soul and body; with the second, they match each other like body and clothes.”

Firsts Kind Two Soul Body Together Form Clothes Soul And Body

Author:Karl Kraus

“When you write, don't say, "I'm going to write a poem." That attitude will freeze you right away. Sit down with the least expectation of yourself; say, "I am free to write the worst junk in the world."”

World Writing Attitude Worst Expectations Junk Freeze Expectations Of Yourself

Book:Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

Source: Writing Down the Bones: Freeing the Writer Within

“When I sit down to write a novel I do not at all know, and I do not very much care, how it is to end.”

Knows Writing Ends Care Novel

Book:An autobiography

Source: An autobiography

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