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“So long as you write what you wish to write, that is all that matters; and whether it matters for ages or only for hours, nobody can say.”
― A Room of One’s Own
― A Room of One’s Own
“I have always had more dread of a pen, a bottle of ink, and a sheet of paper than of a sword or pistol.”
― The Count of Monte Cristo
― The Count of Monte Cristo
“Through the years, I have learned there is no harm in charging oneself up with delusions between moments of valid inspiration.”
― Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
― Born Standing Up: A Comic's Life
“I wish, when I was first born, the first thing I said was "Quote" so the last thing I said before I died would be "Unquote.”
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“When I face the desolate impossibility of writing five hundred pages, a sick sense of failure falls on me, and I know I can never do it. Then gradually, I write one page and then another. One day's work is all I can permit myself to contemplate.”
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
― Travels with Charley: In Search of America
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