"To me there is no such thing as creative writing. It's either good writing, whatever the subject, or it's not creative."

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Source : Erskine Caldwell (1988). “Conversations with Erskine Caldwell”, p.185, Univ. Press of Mississippi

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“More power than all the success slogans ever penned by human hand is the realization for every man that he has but one boss. That boss is the man - he - himself.”

Source : "Biography / Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.
“Keep your passions in check, but beware of giving your reason free rein.”
“Because of my life experiences, I understand that I have an opportunity to help other women. I have the desire and the ability.”

Source : "Gloria Allred: Tiger Woods's True Opponent?" by Sheila Marikar, abcnews.go.com. April 6, 2010.
“Reality is just a point of view.”
“I believe a champion wins in his mind first, then plays the game, not the other way around.”
“It is a wretched thing that the young men of today are so contriving and so proud of their material posessions. Men with contriving hearts are lacking in duty. Lacking in duty, they will have no self-respect.”

Source : Miyamoto Musashi, Yamamoto Tsunetomo, Inazo Nitobe (2010). “Honor: Samurai Philosophy of Life - The Essential Samurai Collection; The Book of Five Rings, Hagakure: The Way of the Samurai, Bushido: The Soul of Japan.”, p.59, Bottom of the Hill
“Are you living everyday so that even if the end were to come youâ€™d have to regrets?”
“Laugh, I Nearly Died," Andrew answers. "You've probably never heard that one before.”

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