Words of Others

There are many great authors who have vast amounts of knowledge and I am slowly collecting those teachings in easy to remember quotes.

“We read five words on the first page of a really good novel and we begin to forget we are reading printed words on a page; we begin to see images.”

– John Champion Gardner

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“We read five words on the first page of a really good novel and we begin to forget we are reading printed words on a page; we begin to see images.” - John Champion Gardner

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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.”

– Aristotle

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“We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, therefore, is not an act but a habit.” - Aristotle

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“I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.”

– Robert Louis Stevenson

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“I kept always two books in my pocket, one to read, one to write in.” - Robert Louis Stevenson

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“Let’s be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading.”

– Lena Dunham

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“Let’s be reasonable and add an eighth day to the week that is devoted exclusively to reading.” - Lena Dunham

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“People say, ‘What advice do you have for people who want to be writers?’ I say, they don’t really need advice, they know they want to be writers, and they’re gonna do it. Those people who know that they really want to do this and are cut out for it, they know it.”

– R.L. Stine

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“People say, ‘What advice do you have for people who want to be writers?’ I say, they don’t really need advice, they know they want to be writers, and they’re gonna do it. Those people who know that they really want to do this and are cut out for it, they know it.” -...

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“Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people – people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.”

– E.B. White

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“Books are good company, in sad times and happy times, for books are people - people who have managed to stay alive by hiding between the covers of a book.” - E.B. White

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“To find your own voice, you have to forget about having it heard.”

– Allen Ginsberg

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“To find your own voice, you have to forget about having it heard.” - Allen Ginsberg

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“One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.”

– Carl Sagan

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“One glance at a book and you hear the voice of another person, perhaps someone dead for 1,000 years. To read is to voyage through time.” - Carl Sagan

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“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.”

– Terry Pratchett

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“The first draft is just you telling yourself the story.” - Terry Pratchett

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