"Writers were never meant to be professionals. Writing is not a profession, it is an activity, an essentially amateur occupation. It is what you do when you are not living."

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Source : Source: www.slate.com

Fay Weldon

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“History has shown us that it's not religion that's the problem, but any system of thought that insists that one group of people are inviolably in the right, whereas the others are in the wrong and must somehow be punished.”

Source : "The pronouncements of Rod Liddle" by Steve Busfield, www.theguardian.com. January 8, 2010.
“I've read too many books to believe what I am told.”
“After I binged last night -or was it tonight - I was convinced yet again that there were people coming to get me. It was more than just shadows and voices, more than just fantasies....it was real, and I was scared to my core.My bones were shaking...m heart was pounding...I thought I was going to explode. I'm glad I have you to talk to, to write this down. I tried to keep it all together, but then I gave in to the manes and became one with my insanity.”
“A meaningful conceptual basis is always more important than vivid photographs, and vice versa.”
“But camels, though odious to view and endowed with the offensive spirit, did not enjoy the blessing of pachydermaty.”
“It would be better to drown these prisoners in the Dead Sea if possible, since that's the lowest point in the world.”

Source : "Palestinian PM's leadership at stake when he pleads with Bush to help free detainees" by Chris McGreal, www.theguardian.com. July 25, 2003.
“The town was paper, but the memories were not.”
“I am singing now while Rome burns.”

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