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“Humankind is the greatest resources. Dont lose faith in the people.”
“People tell you to believe in yourself for your whole life, then call you arrogant when you begin taking their advice.”
“The failure of the citizens to pray for the nation will lead to its collapse.”
“May all men find grace.”
“Education is the key to self-development and empowerment”
“Our ancestors did great work for humanity. What will we do for the next generations?”
“Write with the door closed, rewrite with the door open.”
“How do I know what I think until I see what I say?”
“So okay there you are in your room with the shade down and the door shut and the plug pulled out of the base of the telephone. You've blown up your TV and committed yourself to a thousand words a d...”
“Remember: when people tell you somethings wrong or doesnt work for them, they are almost always right. When they tell you exactly what they think is wrong and how to fix it, they are almost always ...”
“Let us record the atoms as they fall upon the mind in the order in which they fall, let us trace the pattern, however disconnected and incoherent in appearance, which each sight or incident scores ...”
“Im going to give you some advice: dont be such a whiny asshole. It makes you look weak.”
“One should never use exclamation points in writing. It is like laughing at your own joke.”
“Write to your hearts content and by all means, have fun with your creation. Its your moment to do absolutely anything within those pages.”
“If you can quit, then quit. If you can't quit, you're a writer.”
“...Listen to your own thoughts and feelings very carefully, be aware of your observations, and learn to value them. When you're a teenagerand even when you're olderlots of people will try to tell y...”
“The Queen is controlling, the Witch is sadistic, the Hermit is fearful, and the Waif is helpless.And each requires a different approach. Don't let the Queen get the upper hand; be wary even of acce...”
“Writer's block is just a symptom of feeling like you have nothing to say, combined with the rather weird idea that you should feel the need to say something. Why? If you have something to say, then...”
“a good writer should draw the reader in by starting in the middle of the story with a hook, then go back and fill in what happened before the hook. Once you have the reader hooked, you can write wh...”
“What is your advice to young writers?""Drink, fuck and smoke plenty of cigarettes.""What is your advice to older writers?""If you're still alive, you don't need any advice.""What is the impulse tha...”
