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It took me
fifteen years to discover I had no talent for writing, but I
couldn't give it up, because by that time I was too famous.
-- Robert Benchley
1889-1945, American Humorist,
Critic, Parodist
Work on good
prose has three steps: a musical stage when it is composed,
an architectonic one when it is built, and a textile one
when it is woven.
-- Walter Benjamin
1982-1940, German Critic,
Philosopher
I was an only
child. I lost both my parents. By the time I was twenty I
was bald. I'm homosexual. In the way of circumstances and
background to transcend I had everything an artist could
possibly want. It was practically a blueprint. I was
programmed to be a novelist or a playwright. But I'm not.
-- Alan Bennett
1934-, British Playwright
Essential
characteristic of the really great novelist: a Christ-like,
all-embracing compassion.
-- Arnold Bennett
1867-1931, British Novelist
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