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“I hate writing, I love having written.”
― Dorothy Parker

“As things stand now, I am going to be a writer. I'm not sure that I'm going to be a good one or even a self-supporting one, but until the dark thumb of fate presses me to the dust and says 'you are nothing', I will be a writer.”
― Hunter S. Thompson, Gonzo

“A short story is a different thing altogether – a short story is like a quick kiss in the dark from a stranger.”
― Stephen King, Skeleton Crew

“I have hated words and I have loved them, and I hope I have made them right.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“And by the way, everything in life is writable about if you have the outgoing guts to do it, and the imagination to improvise. The worst enemy to creativity is self-doubt.”
― Sylvia Plath, The Unabridged Journals of Sylvia Plath

“All the secrets of the world are contained in books. Read at your own risk.”
― Lemony Snicket

“To write is human, to edit is divine.”
― Stephen King, On Writing: A Memoir of the Craft

“I am haunted by humans.”
― Markus Zusak, The Book Thief

“When the going gets weird, the weird turn professional.”
― Hunter S. Thompson, Fear and Loathing: On the Campaign Trail '72

“Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've ever known.”
― Chuck Palahniuk, Invisible Monsters

“Anyone who thinks the pen is mightier than the sword has not been stabbed with both.”
― Lemony Snicket, When Did You See Her Last?

“This inhuman place makes human monsters.”
― Stephen King, The Shining

“Don't Panic.”
― Douglas Adams, The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy