"Imaginative writing has always been a solitary and indeed a somewhat antisocial activity. Apprenticeship existed, no doubt, but it was an apprenticeship to books and not to living masters of the craft."

-- Madison Smartt Bell

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“Standing before you as the advocate of the lower races, I declare what I believe cannot be gainsaid...that just so soon and so far as we pour into all our schools the songs, the poems, and literature of mercy toward these lower creatures, just so soon and so far shall we reach the roots not only of cruelty, but of crime.”
“The deadliest weapon in the world is a MARINE and his rifle!”
“Words physically have power to bring things into existence.”

Source : Source: therumpus.net
“The prevailing attitude towards nature is that form of heresy which denies substance and, in doing so, denies the rightfulness of creation. We have said - to the point of repletion, perhaps - that man is not to take his patterns from nature; but neither is he to waste himself in seeking to change her face.”
“If you drink don't drive. Don't even putt.”

Source : "Famous drinkers" by Rob Parker, www.theguardian.com. April 18, 2004.
“I could have guessed it all along, cuz now some drama queen is gonna write a song for me”
“I thought my nose was too prominent so I had this corrected via plastic surgery in 1959.”
“Mitt Romney is a businessman, a turnaround artist, a CEO. That is who he is. The former governor has experience in the public and private sector.”

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