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Writing a novel is a terrible experience

Writing a novel is a terrible experience, during which the hair often falls out and the teeth decay. I'm always irritated by people who imply that writing fiction is an escape from reality. It is a plunge into reality and it's very shocking to the system.

Flannery O’Connor
Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you

Don’t try to figure out what other people want to hear from you; figure out what you have to say. It’s the one and only thing you have to offer.
Barbara Kingsolver
The difference between the right word and the almost right word

“The difference between the right word and the almost right word is the difference between lightning and a lightning bug.”
Mark Twain
About who has not pleasure in a good novel

The person, be it gentleman or lady, who has not pleasure in a good novel, must be intolerably stupid.
Jane Austen
Take chances

Get it down. Take chances. It may be bad, but it’s the only way you can do anything really good.
William Faulkner

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