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The walls are
the publishers of the poor.
-- Eduardo Galeano
It has always
been my practice to cast a long paragraph in a single mould,
to try it by my ear, to deposit it in my memory, but to
suspend the action of the pen till I had given the last
polish to my work.
-- Edward Gibbon
1737-1794, British Historian
The style of
an author should be the image of his mind, but the choice
and command of language is the fruit of exercise.
-- Edward Gibbon
1737-1794, British Historian
Every author
in some degree portrays himself in his works, even if it be
against his will.
-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
1749-1832, German Poet,
Dramatist, Novelist
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He who does
not expect a million readers should not write a line.
-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
1749-1832, German Poet,
Dramatist, Novelist
If any man
wishes to write a clear style, let him first be clear in his
thoughts.
-- Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
1749-1832, German Poet,
Dramatist, Novelist
The writer
probably knows what he meant when he wrote a book, but he
should immediately forget what he meant when he's written
it.
-- William Golding
1911-1993, British Author
You can fire
your secretary, divorce your spouse, abandon your children.
But they remain your co-authors forever.
-- Ellen Goodman
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