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q=new Array("I love deadlines. I9+ whoosh£sound +y make as +y fly by|Douglas Adams","First 8: I'm*£a$. Second 8: Nei+r am I|Peter Cook","A truly great$ %be^ in y`h, again in matur#y, and once more in old age, as a fine build£%be seen by morn£>, at noon and by moon>|Robertson Davies","A good$ %leave 7 w#h 8y experiences, and s>ly exhausted at + end|William Styron","There are worse crimes than burn£books. One of +m is not^£+m|Joseph Brodsky","Properly, we %read for power. Man^£%be 8 intensely alive. The$ %be a ball of > in one's hand|Ezra Pound","Every$ teaches a lesson, even if + lesson is only that one has chosen + wrong$|Mason Cooley","In every fat$, +re is a thin$ try£to get `|Anon","Wr#£is easy: 0s# star£at a blank sheet of paper until drops of blood form on 7r forehead|Gene Fowler","The role of a*er is not to say what we all can say, but what we are unable to say|Anais Nin","It is im~to discourage + real*ers - +y don't give a damn what 7 say, +y're go£to*e|Sinclair Lewis","Everyth£in life is*able ab` if 7 have + `go£guts to do #, and + i_ to improvise. The worst enemy to creativ#y is self-doubt|Sylvia Plath","Be£an& is9be£in charge of 7r own personal insane asylum|Graycie Harmon","The!between + almost right @ and + right @ is +!between + >n£bug and + >n£|1","When a 8 is in doubt ab` this or that in his*ing, # will often guide him if he asks himself how # will tell a hundred years hence|Samuel Butler","When someth£can be^ w#h` effort, great effort has gone into #s*ing|Enrique Jardiel Poncela","I'd ra+r be caught hold£up a bank than steal£so much as a two-@ phrase from ano+r*er|Jack Sm#h","If 7 w] to get rich from*ing,*e + sort of th£that's^ by persons who move +ir lips when +y're^£to +mselves|Don Marquis","You*e to communicate to + hearts and minds of o+rs what's burn£inside of 7. And we ed# to let + fire show through + smoke|Arthur Plotnik","If I'm try£to sleep, + ideas won't stop. If I'm try£to*e, +re appears a barren nothingness|Carrie Latet","Wr#e 7r first draft w#h 7r heart. Re-wr#e w#h 7r head|Find£Forrester","If I fall asleep w#h a pen in my hand, don't remove # - I might be*£in my dreams|Danzae Pace","I think I did pretty well, consider£I started ` w#h noth£but a bunch of blank paper|Steve Martin","I_ is intelligence hav£fun|6Scialabba","After be£turned down by numerous publishers, he decided to*e for poster#y|6Ade","It is part of prudence to thank an& for his$ before^£#, so as to avoid + necess#y of ly£ab` # afterwards|6S]ayana","There's noth£to*ing. 0s# down at a typewr#er and open a vein|Red Sm#h","No passion in + world is equal to + passion to alter someone else's draft|HG Wells","Only + mediocre are always at +ir best|4","Never judge a$ by #s movie|4","The pen is + tongue of + mind|Cerv]es","Wr#£is a way of talk£w#h` be£interrupted|Jules Renard","I9to*e when I feel sp#eful. It's9hav£a good sneeze|DH Lawrence","I wasn't born until I started to*e|David Hare","Finish£a$ is just97 took a child ` in + back yard and shot #|Tru8 Capote","It is, after all, + dab of gr# that seeps into + oyster's shell that makes + pearl, not + pearl-mak£seminars w#h o+r oysters|Stephen King","My novel is so terrific that I cannot put pen to paper|Christopher Isherwood","The last th£one knows when construct£a work is what to put first|Blaise Pascal","The^£}+ average c#izen is larger than +*£}+ typical&|3","Leave 'said' alone. Don't be tempted by + muse of variation to perm#[s to opine, elaborate, cajole or chortle|3","Choose 7r agent as carefully as 7 would choose 7r account] or lawyer. Or dentist|Russell Banks","I heard some*er say that his 'fa+r was a truck driver, and 7 know what, never in his life did that 8 get truck driver's block'|Barnaby Conrad","My prescription for*er's block: Wr#e badly. Bad*£is easier. And # must be popular, +re's so much of #|PJ O'Rourke","Best advice on*£I've ever received: Finish|Peter Mayle","Wr#e even when 7 don't w] to, don't much9what 7 are*ing, and aren't*£{well|Agatha Christie","Short @s are best and old @s when short are best of all|Winston Churchill","If # is ~to cut a @ `, always cut # `|6Orwell","The trick is leav£` everyth£but + essential|David Mamet","When + plot flags, br£in a 8 w#h a gun|Raymond Chandler","Don't say + lady screamed - br£her on and let her scream|1","A l#tle inaccuracy sometimes saves tons of explanation|Saki","Caress + detail, + divine detail|5","Read over 7r compos#ions and, when 7 meet a passage which 7 think is {fine, strike # `|Samuel Johnson","Always be a poet. Even in prose|Charles Pierre Baudelaire","Style is know£who 7 are, what 7 w] to say, and not giv£a damn|Gore Vidal","Wr#e w#h a smile, even when #'s horrible or tragic|Henry Miller","When 7 say something, make sure 7 have said #. The chances of 7r hav£said # are only fair|EB Wh#e","No tears in +*er, no tears in +^er|Robert Frost","Action is eloquence|William Shakespeare","The shorter and + plainer + better|Beatrix Potter","Rely on + sudden erection of 7r small dorsal hairs|5","Don't get # right, get #*ten|James Thurber","Ei+r # sounds right or # doesn't sound right|Isaac Asimov","The& makes his^ers just as he makes his[s|Henry James","An exclamation mark is9laugh£at 7r own joke|F Scott F#zgerald","/*£is + only th£7 do that doesn't make 7 feel as if 7 %be do£someth£else|2","/ +re are large containers of*£implements in all 7r rooms,9bouquets of flowers|2","/ 7 are wean£7rself off adverbs + way o+rs wean +mselves off chocolate|2","Every artist is a cannibal. Every poet is a thief. All kill +ir inspiration and sing about their grief|Bono","Disciplined self indulgence|Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt","My friend said,'You have to^ this$. It's a real page-turner.' I said, 'I know how$s work.'|Jimmy Carr");

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