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"I'm not a very good writer, but I'm an excellent rewriter." -
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Top 5 quotes from James Michener
"I love writing. I love the swirl and swing of words as they tangle with human emotions."
"The arrogance of the artist is a very profound thing, and it fortifies you."
"Character consists of what you do on the third and fourth tries."
"I was brought up in the great tradition of the late nineteenth century: that a writer never complains, never explains and never disdains."
"I think the crucial thing in the writing career is to find what you want to do and how you fit in. What somebody else does is of no concern whatever except as an interesting variation."
Top 5 quotes from Writing
"Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets."
"Advice to young writers who want to get ahead without annoying delays: don�t write about Man, write about 'a' man."
"No tears in the writer, no tears in the reader. No surprise in the writer, no surprise in the reader."
"Special-interest publications should realize that if they are attracting enough advertising and readers to make a profit, the interest is not so special."
"Fiction is the truth inside the lie."
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