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Anatole FranceLoveHappinessWriting
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Lovers who love truly do not write down their happiness.
— Anatole France
Apr. 4, 2012 at 11:46am with 11 notes
Chinua AchebeStoryLikingWriting
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If you don’t like someone’s story, write your own.
— Chinua Achebe
Mar. 11, 2012 at 4:00am with 30 notes
Cyrill ConnollyWritingSelfPublic
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Better to write for yourself and have no public, than to write for the public and have no self.
— Cyrill Connolly
Feb. 28, 2012 at 9:00am with 9 notes
PhotographyYasin YildizBlack and whitePortraitPeopleWriting
- Yasin Yildiz

- Yasin Yildiz

Feb. 26, 2012 at 7:01pm with 21 notes
Tumbles about TumblrWritingCollegePersonal confessionBreaks

For every four lines I write of a paper, I take a half hour break.

I used to be a productive person. Then I met Tumblr.

Feb. 25, 2012 at 1:30pm with 9 notes
W.E.B. Du BoisWritingBooksClassics
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A classic is a book that doesn’t have to be written again.
— W.E.B. Du Bois
Feb. 21, 2012 at 6:00pm with 4 notes
Quentin CrispAutobiographyWriting
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An autobiography is an obituary in serial form with the last installment missing.
— Quentin Crisp
Feb. 15, 2012 at 3:00pm with 13 notes
Brendan BehanWritingDrinking
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I am a drinker with writing problems.
— Brendan Behan
Dec. 1, 2011 at 8:06pm with 15 notes
Atlantic MonthlyLetter1940sKurt VonnegutReplyInquiryEdward WeeksDresdenWhat's a Fair Price for Golden Eggs?WritingPublicationLetters of Note
The Atlantic MonthlyAugust 29, 1949Dear Mr. Vonnegut:We have been carrying out our usual summer house-cleaning of the manuscripts on our anxious bench and in the file, and among them I find the three papers which you have shown me as samples of your work. I am sincerely sorry that no one of them seems to us well adapted to for our purpose. Both the account of the bombing of Dresden and your article, “What’s a Fair Price for Golden Eggs?” have drawn commendation although neither one is quite compelling enough for final acceptance.Our staff continues fully manned so I cannot hold out the hope of an editorial assignment, but I shall be glad to know that you have found a promising opening elsewhere.Faithfully yours, (Signed, ‘Edward Weeks’)

The Atlantic Monthly

August 29, 1949

Dear Mr. Vonnegut:

We have been carrying out our usual summer house-cleaning of the manuscripts on our anxious bench and in the file, and among them I find the three papers which you have shown me as samples of your work. I am sincerely sorry that no one of them seems to us well adapted to for our purpose. Both the account of the bombing of Dresden and your article, “What’s a Fair Price for Golden Eggs?” have drawn commendation although neither one is quite compelling enough for final acceptance.

Our staff continues fully manned so I cannot hold out the hope of an editorial assignment, but I shall be glad to know that you have found a promising opening elsewhere.

Faithfully yours, 

(Signed, ‘Edward Weeks’)

Oct. 24, 2011 at 6:00am with 17 notes
James JoyceReadingWritingEnglish
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Writing in English is the most ingenious torture ever devised for sins committed in previous lives. The English reading public explains the reason why.
— James Joyce
Oct. 15, 2011 at 9:00am with 101 notes
Benjamin FranklinReadingWritingDoing
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Either write something worth reading or do something worth writing.
— Benjamin Franklin
Sep. 17, 2011 at 6:00am with 24 notes
Ingeborg BachmannFireWriting
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I am writing with my burnt hand about the nature of fire.
— Ingeborg Bachmann