"I don't think you can write according to a set of rules and laws; every writer is so different."

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Source : "The Writer's Block Myth: A Guide To Get Past Stuck & Experience Lasting Creative Freedom". Book by Heloise Jones, 2017.

Kiran Desai

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“Young man, nature is not frightening, it's people who are frightening! You just need to get to know nature and it will become friendly. This creature known as man is of course highly intelligent, he's capable of manufacturing almost anything from rumours to test-tube babies and yet he destroys two to three species every day. This is the absurdity of man.”
“I so rarely have the chance to field-test anything. Amelie is so conservative about these things -Myrnin”
“I was the lead in two musicals, and I took dance classes.”
“Style can change your look, certainly, but it can also change your life.”
“Mew," the kitten retorted, locking gazes with him. It had the expression common to all kittens, that of a tyrant in the becoming. 'I was comfortable, and you dared to move,' those jade eyes said. 'For that you must die.' When it became apparent to the cat that its two or three pounds of mass were insufficient to break Locke's neck with one mighty snap, it put its paws on his shoulders and began sharing its drool-covered nose with his lips. He recoiled.”

Source : Scott Lynch (2007). “Red Seas Under Red Skies”, p.387, Del Rey
“We don't have paparazzi following you in Sweden.”
“Waking up begins with saying am and now. That which has awoken then lies for a while staring up at the ceiling and down into itself until it has recognized I, and therefrom deduced I am, I am now. Here comes next, and is at least negatively reassuring; because here, this morning, is where it has expected to find itself: whatâ€™s called at home.”
“'Friends' was a magical thing, and no one's going to ever have anything like that again.”

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