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The worst reviews, by my mind, are those from individuals who enjoy entertaining themselves by writing something bad abo — Sahara Sanders
After writing, there is the letting go part. Perfection is a myth; as we all get better by day.Allow yourself to grow in — Uma Nnenna
Don't let society's defined genre hold you down, be a free spirit and just write, let society be the one to decide where — Uma Nnenna
There is this presumption, in those who feel destined for art and above all literature: we act as if we had received an — Elena Ferrante
Book authors are in high demand for speaking engagements and appearances; they are the new ‘celebrity’ and celebrities g — Kytka Hilmar-Jezek, Book Power: A Platform for Writing, Branding, Positioning & Publishing
While men had the right to obey their biological urges, women had to suppress theirs until the perfect moment. From tele — Maggie Georgiana Young, Just Another Number
I loved going to the library. It was the first time I ever saw Black newspapers and magazines like JET, Ebony, the Balti — John Lewis, March: Book One
She wore heavy sandals, with socks. No kid in the entire state of Mississippi wore black socks in the summer. Shoot, if — Augusta Scattergood, Glory Be
I told him. We got a library here. Got plenty of good books, too. -Larry Brown, Dirty Work — Larry Brown, Dirty Work
I walked straight to the library. Mrs. Bloom, the librarian, always knows everything. — Augusta Scattergood, Glory Be
For the rest of the afternoon, Miss Bloom smiled almost as bright as the big yellow sun shining through the front pictur — Augusta Scattergood, Glory Be
The American identity has never been a singular one and the voices of poets invariably sing, in addition to their own, t — Aberjhani, The American Poet Who Went Home Again
He who writes prose builds his temple to Fame in rubble he who writes verses builds it in granite. — Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton
The pen is the tongue of the mind. — Miguel de Cervantes
The author who speaks about his own books is almost as bad as a mother who talks about her own children. — Benjamin Disraeli
An incurable itch for scribbling takes possession of many and grows inveterate in their insane breasts. — Juvenal
You do not publish your own verses Laelius you criticise mine. Pray cease to criticise mine or else publish your own. — Martial
The ink of the scholar is more sacred than the blood of the martyr. — Mohammed
the drama below and the drama above could easily collide at any moment — Ana Chapman, Leap of Faith
Mr. Pilates was a bully and a narcissist and a dirty old man; he and Christopher got along very well. When Christopher w — Christopher Isherwood, Lost Years: A Memoir 1945 - 1951