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Quote by Hugh MacDiarmid

“Our principal writers have nearly all been fortunate in escaping regular education.”

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Scottish poet born on August 11, 1892, and died on September 9, 1978. His poetry is characterized by a strong sense of nationalism and has had a profound impact on Scottish culture and language. more

“There are a couple of strategies for writing about an absence or writing about a loss. One can create the person that was lost, develop the character of the fiancee. There's another strategy that one can employ, maybe riskier... Make the reader suffer the loss of the character in a more literal way.”

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Author:Junot Diaz

“Granted, the writers, directors, producers, and that community make a great deal of money. But they might be choosing to do a whole lot of other things for the living they make.”

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Author:Norman Lear

“Writers never get a very good deal in Hollywood.”

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Author:Richard O'Brien

“And, of course, some SF is set close enough to here and now that Anglo and European do apply. Since many of the writers come from those backgrounds, so does much of the fiction.”

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Author:Stanley Schmidt

“The only people who have the long view are some scientists and some science fiction writers.”

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