“For me writing – the only possible writing – is just simply the conversion of nervous force into phrases. Joseph Conrad, Letter to H. G. Wells, 3 November 1903 ——– Related articles by Zemanta 10 Reasons and Cures for Writer’s Block (onecoolsitebloggingtips.com)
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“You don’t know about me, without you have read a book by the name of ‘The Adventures of Tom Sawyer,’ but that ain’t no matter. That book was made by Mr. Mark Twain, and he told the truth, mainly.” Adventures of Huckleberry Finn * * * “The difference between the right word and the almost-right […]
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“You do the writing as a debt of honor” Anne Lamott, Interview, Internet Roundtable 22 November 1994 * * * “If a writer has to rob his mother, he will not hesitate; the “Ode on a Grecian Urn” is worth any number of old ladies.” William Faulkner, Interview (pdf), Paris Review Spring 1956 ——- Related […]
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“The trade of authorship is a violent and indestructible obsession.” George Sand (Aurore Lucile Dupin) Letter, March 4, 1831.
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“Camerado! This is no book; who touches this touches a man.” Walt Whitman, “So Long,” from Leaves of Grass ——– Related articles by Zemanta On Whitman by C K Williams: review (telegraph.co.uk) Scientists identify meteor event in Walt Whitman poem (seattletimes.nwsource.com) Walt whitman (1819 – 1892) (slideshare.net) Walt Whitman Meteor Mystery Solved by Astronomer Sleuths […]