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“If you answered, ''Spin the Bottle,'' then I frankly do not want to know any more about your childhood.”

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Dave Barry is a renowned American humorist, born on July 3, 1947. His works are known for their unique humor style and satirical observations of everyday life. more

“There is a difference between something being essential, and it being necessary. If you take your favorite book and strip it down to what is merely essential to tell the story, it would be butchery. The end result would horrify you. Essential is the bones of the story, but the soul lives somewhere else.”

Ifs Book Soul Ends Stories Would Be Differences Results Essentials Bones Somewhere Else Your Favorite End Results Favorite Book Soul Life Butchery

Author:Patrick Rothfuss

“Sometimes an old idea gets relegated to the back of the line in the mad delight of a new idea, one you've never had before, and that you write fast in the thrill of the new. No rules. Just stories, and you tell as many of them as you can.”

Writing Ideas Sometimes Stories Lines Mad Delight New Ideas Thrill Old Ideas

Author:Neil Gaiman

“Don't worry about trying to develop a style. Style is what you can't help doing. If you write enough, you draw enough, you'll have a style, whether you want it or not. Don't worry about whether you're "commercial". Tell your own stories, draw your own pictures. Let other people follow you.”

People Ifs Want Writing Trying Enough Helping Stories Worry Style Draws

Author:Neil Gaiman

“Don't be ashamed of the creative urges which drive you. And certainly don't be ashamed of your ego. Hubris is only hubris when it fails. When Hubris pays off, we call these people geniuses.”

People Pay Creative Failing Genius Ego Ashamed Urges Hubris

Author:Kieron Gillen

“I usually congratulate people when they tell me, "I don't know who I am anymore".”

People Knows Who I Am

Book:A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

Source: A New Earth (Oprah #61): Awakening to Your Life's Purpose

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