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“Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with, it is a toy and an amusement; then it becomes a mistress, and then it becomes a master, and then a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster, and fling him out to the public.”

Winston Churchill quotes (British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965)

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“When you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.”

Winston Churchill quotes (British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965)

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“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it”

Winston Churchill quotes (British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965)

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“If I don't write to empty my mind, I go mad.”

Lord Byron quotes (English Romantic poet and satirist, 1788-1824)

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“Writing is a form of personal freedom. It frees us from the mass identity we see in the making all around us. In the end, writers will write not to be outlaw heroes of some underculture but mainly to save themselves, to survive as individuals.”

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Don Delillo quotes (American Novelist born in New York City, b.1926)

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“A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.”

Winston Churchill quotes (British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965)

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“Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, and then for a few close friends, and then for money.”

Moliere quotes (French Actor, Playwright and Writer the greatest of all writers of French comedy, 1622-1673)

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“Writing is one of the few professions in which you can psychoanalyse yourself, get rid of hostilities and frustrations in public, and get paid for it”

Octavia Butler quotes

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“Talent is helpful in writing, but guts are absolutely necessary.”

Jessamyn West quotes (American Writer, 1902-1984)

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“We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.”

Winston Churchill quotes (British Orator, Author and Prime Minister during World War II. 1874-1965)

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“Writing is the only thing that, when I do it, I don't feel I should be doing something else.”

Gloria Steinem quotes (American Writer and Activist. b.1935)

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