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...Quotes on Reading, Writing @ Literature...
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“I write because I cannot NOT write.”
― Charlotte Brontë |
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“Five common traits of good writers: (1) They have something to say. (2) They read widely and have done so since childhood. (3) They possess what Isaac Asimov calls a "capacity for clear thought," able to go from point to point in an orderly sequence, an A to Z approach. (4) They're geniuses at putting their emotions into words. (5) They possess an insatiable curiosity, constantly asking Why and How.”
― James J. Kilpatrick |
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“It's often a matter of sitting in front of the computer and worrying. It's what writing comes down to--worrying that things aren't going to work out.”
― Khaled Hosseini |
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“Writing is an affair of yearning for great voyages and hauling on frayed ropes.”
― Israel Shenker |
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“Writing is prayer.”
― Franz Kafka |
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Dari buku yang sedang dibaca- The Well of Ascension. Salah satu wataknya suka membaca.
“Elend: I kind of lost track of time…
Breeze: For two hours?
Elend: There were books involved.”
“It was amazing how many books one could fit into a room, assuming one didn't want to move around very much.”
“Books have great value, actions have greater value.”
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“You can't judge a book by it's cover but you can sure sell a bunch of books if you have a good one.”
― Dr. Jayce O'Neal |
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“Every true writer is like a bird; he repeats the same song, the same theme, all his life. For me, this theme as always been revolt.”
― Alberto Moravia |
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“Never put off writing until you are better at it.”
― Gary Henderson |
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“You have the itch for writing born in you. It's quite incurable. What are you going to do with it?”
― L.M. Montgomery |
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“Writing blooms flowers for mind, which last forever.”
― Debasish Mridha |
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“When I write, I don't translate for white readers.... Dostoevski wrote for a Russian audience, but we're able to read him. If I'm specific, and I don't overexplain, then anyone can overhear me.”
― Toni Morrison |
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“I do believe that characters in novels belong to their writers and their readers pretty equally. I've learned a lot of things about the characters I write from people who read about them. Readers expand them in ways I don't think of and take them to places I can't go.”
― Ann Brashares |
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“A writer doesn’t solve problems. He allows them to emerge.”
― Friedrich Dürrenmatt |
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“If you don’t write the book you have to write, everything breaks.”
― A.M. Homes |
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“All novels are sequels; influence is bliss.”
― Michael Chabon |
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Post time 10-1-2018 04:24 PM
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