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“It takes an awful lot of time to not write a book.”

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Author:Douglas Adams

“I saw the lightnings gleaming rod. Reach forth and write upon the sky The awful autograph of God.”

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Author:Joaquin Miller

“Writing is a long and lonesome business; back of the problems in thought and composition hover always the awful questions: Is this the page that shows the empty shell? Is it here and now that they find me out?”

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Book:THE GREAT CRASH 1929

Source: THE GREAT CRASH 1929

“I really enjoy work to a purpose. Maybe that makes me kind of strange. In some ways - and this is going to sound awful - it could be that writing is the worst job that I've ever had. Because it's so much more important to me and there's so much more opportunity for failure and I have so many people depending on me. In some ways it's the most satisfying, the most gratifying, and the most rewarding job I've ever had. But I actually would say it's probably the worst job I've ever had too.”

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Author:Patrick Rothfuss

“So research is a terribly imperfect science, and you learn an awful lot more after you've published a book, because people keep writing to you and saying, 'Oh, gosh, I was related to such and such a character and I have a letter in my possession.'”

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Author:Simon Winchester